Directors' Dealings

Cookson Group PLC
7 March 2000


Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Cookson Group plc

2   Name of director:
Gian Carlo Cozzani

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
N/A

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
N/A

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
N/A

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

10  Percentage of issued class:
N/A

11  Class of security:
N/A

12  Price per share:
N/A

13  Date of transaction:
N/A

14  Date company informed:
N/A

15  Total holding following this notification:
N/A

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
N/A

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:
7 March 2000

18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:
7 March 2003 to 6 March 2010

19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
Nil

20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
128,404 appreciation rights in Cookson Group plc Ordinary shares of 50p each

21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:
£1.93

22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:
1,116,191

23  Contact name for queries:
Julia Bagguley

24  Contact telephone number:
0207 766 4537

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
as above


Additional Information: