Additional Listing

Cookson Group PLC
29 December 2005


29 December 2005


Cookson Group plc - Additional Listing

Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for block listings totalling 5,500,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each to
trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon
issuance. The shares shall rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of
the Company.


The Block listings consist of 4,000,000 shares to be issued under the Cookson
Group Executive Share Option Scheme and 1,500,000 shares to be issued under the
Cookson Employee Share Savings Schemes.



Cookson Group plc

265 Strand

London WC2R 1DB

Tel:     [phone]

Fax:    [phone]

Web:  www.cooksongroup.co.uk




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