Holding(s) in Company

Cookson Group PLC
17 October 2002

                                  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 AVIVA PLC) AND AVIVA 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 - 38,054,464 SHARES

CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LTD - 76,166,667 SHARES

CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 4,182,652 SHARES

CUIM NOMINEE LIMITED - 29,444,979 SHARES

RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED - 4,080,917 SHARES


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

846,602

6) Percentage of issued class

0.04%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

16 OCTOBER 2002

11) Date company informed

17 OCTOBER 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

151,929,679 SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.03%

14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ALAN WALLWORK, ASST COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: [phone]

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

ALAN WALLWORK, ASST COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC


Date of notification: 17 OCTOBER 2002


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