New Credit Facility

Cookson Group PLC
09 December 2003

9 December 2003



COOKSON ARRANGES NEW CREDIT FACILITY

Cookson Group plc, the international materials technology company, announces
that it has arranged a new £188 million credit facility. This new facility, in
which eleven banks have participated, was over-subscribed in syndication with
three new members joining the Group's existing bank group.

The new facility consists of two tranches: a £108 million revolving credit
facility with a maturity of December 2006; and a term facility of £80 million
with a maturity of December 2005 which will be made available to repay the
Group's convertible bonds which mature in November 2004. The new facility, which
is secured on certain assets of the Group's subsidiaries, replaces the secured
facility that was due to mature in September 2004 and has been structured as an
amendment and restatement of the previous facility.

Taking account of the new facility and the Group's private placement loan notes,
Cookson will have total committed borrowing facilities of some £520 million,
with maturities ranging from December 2005 to May 2012. The Group's gross
borrowings at 30 June 2003 were £428 million.

Shareholder/analyst enquiries:
Stephen Howard, Group Chief Executive                     020 7061 6500
Dennis Millard, Group Finance Director                    020 7061 6500
Lisa Williams, IR Manager                                 020 7061 6500

Media enquiries:
John Olsen, Hogarth Partnership                          020 7357 9477




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