Holding in Company

Cookson Group PLC
1 May 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

COOKSON GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED (A subsidiary of CGNU PLC) AND CGNU PLC

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS ABOVE

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

BNY NORWICH UNION NOMINEES LTD - 28,105,076 SHARES

CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LTD - 11,976,616 SHARES

CUIM NOMINEE LIMITED - 3,524,695 SHARES

RSA LIFE LIMITED - 602,140 SHARES

RSA PENSION LIMITED - 264,941


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

7,349,146 SHARES

6) Percentage of issued class

1.01%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

30 APRIL 2001

11) Date company informed

1 MAY 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

44,473,468 SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.12%

14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

BEN MATHEWS, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: [phone]

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

BEN MATHEWS, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC


Date of notification: 1 MAY 2001