Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

COOKSON GROUP PLC

 

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( Yes)

 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (   
)

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

 

Other (please specify): (       )

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

AXA S.A. (25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris) and its group of companies

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 

 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):

4 March 2009

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 March 2009

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

 

8. Notified details:

……………..

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of shares if possible        Situation previous to the     
using the ISIN CODE                       Triggering transaction      
                                                                      
                                    Number of shares Number of voting 
                                                     Rights           
                                                                      
B07V4P8                                  1,157,931         1,157,931  
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Class/type of shares if possible      Number of   Number of voting    % of voting    
using the ISIN CODE                   shares      rights              rights         
                                                                                     
                                      Direct      Direct    Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                                                                     
B07V4P8                               6,750,564   6,750,564 4,679,307 3.18   2.20    
                                                                                     

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of      Expiration Exercise/      Number of voting rights that may be   % of    
financial    Date       Conversion     acquired if the instrument is         voting  
instrument              Period/ Date   exercised/ converted.                 rights  
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                      N/A                                            
                                                                                     

 

Total (A+B)

Number of voting       % of voting      
rights                 rights           
                                        
11,429,871             5.38             
                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

Name of the Company / Fund Number of Shares % of Issued Share Capital
                                                                     
AXA                        5,732,935        2.69648                  
                                                                     
Direct                                                               
                                                                     
AXA Financial, Inc         117,100          0.05508                  
                                                                     
Indirect                                                             
                                                                     
AXA IM UK                  962,373          0.45265                  
                                                                     
Direct                                                               
                                                                     
AXA IM UK                  4,485,000        2.10952                  
                                                                     
Indirect                                                             
                                                                     
AXA Rosenberg              77,207           0.03631429               
                                                                     
Indirect                                                             
                                                                     
AXA Winterthur             55,256           0.03                     
                                                                     
Direct                                                               
                                                                     
                                                                     
                                                                     
              Total Direct    6,750,564              3.17513         
                                                                     
            Total Indirect    4,679,307              2.20091         
                                                                     
                     TOTAL    11,429,871             5.37604         
                                                                     
                                                                     
                                                                     

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

Please note that percentages given in this announcement are based on the
company's undiluted total number of voting rights pre rights issue of
212,607,762. The company's current total number of voting rights post rights
issue is 2,763,900,906. If this holding were calculated on the basis of the
company's current total number of voting rights post rights issue, the
percentage would be 0.41%.

 

14. Contact name:

RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC

 

15. Contact telephone number:

+  44 (0) 20 7822 0000