Cookson Group PLC
04 September 2003
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 - 29,832,812 SHARES
CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LTD - 51,550,106 SHARES
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 6,405,685 SHARES
CUIM NOMINEE LIMITED - 17,793,067 SHARES
RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED - 4,087,517 SHARES
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
4,260,734 SHARES
8) Percentage of issued class
0.23%
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH
10) Date of transaction
2 SEPTEMBER 2003
11) Date company informed
4 SEPTEMBER 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
109,669,187 SHARES
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.80%
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: 4 SEPTEMBER 2003
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