Holding(s) in Company

Cookson Group PLC
14 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

COOKSON GROUP PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FMR Corp. & FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL 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

NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST


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

REGISTERED NAME                        MANAGEMENT COMPANY                       NUMBER OF SHARES

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL           1,214,693

BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX             FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED              86,764,469

NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                  FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED                 411,060

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                 FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED        28,580,597

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                    FMR CORP                                        30,000

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS              FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                    495,955

BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN            FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                    126,880

CITIBANK LONDON                        FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                    204,700

JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                 FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                  6,295,047

NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                  FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                  2,006,075

STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN            FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT                    354,300


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

25,116,665

8) Percentage of issued class

1.325%

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

NOT DISCLOSED

11) Date company informed

14 MARCH 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

126,483,776 SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.671%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 020
7061 6565


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

RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC



Date of notification: 14 MARCH 2005







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