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Cookson Group PLC 15 April 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest BRITEL FUND TRUSTEES 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 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED (93,471,383 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 NOT DISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued class NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 13 APRIL 2004 11) Date company informed 14 APRIL 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 93,471,383 SHARES (LENS INVESTORS(UK)LCC ONLY) 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.933% (LENS INVESTORS (UK)LCC ONLY) 14) Any additional information Lens Investors(UK)LCC is only one of the partners of the various partnerships managed by Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited is in turn a subsidiary of BriTel Fund Trustees Limited. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - 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: 15 APRIL 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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