Holding in Company

Cookson Group PLC
17 October 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

COOKSON GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775180 - 400,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245 - 3,333,674
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 361602 - 14,579
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 754612 - 500,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 252605 - 46,035
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509 - 428,375
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 770286 - 121,485
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206 - 15,903,997
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866197 - 41,352
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 130007 - 40,495

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A


6) Percentage of issued class

N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

1,151,606


8) Percentage of issued class

0.16%


9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

16 OCTOBER 2001

11) Date company informed

17 OCTOBER 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

20,829,992 SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.86%

14) Any additional information

N/A


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 17 OCTOBER 2001