Vesuvius Regulatory News (VSVS)

26 Jan 2005 16:54

Cookson Group PLC26 January 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 ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding 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, thenumber of shares held by each of themREGISTERED NAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY NUMBER OF SHARESJP MORGAN, BOURENMOUTH FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL 3,275,643BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 86,764,469JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED 74,957,312JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR CORP 30,000BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 1,764,155BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 479,380CITIBANK LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 795,900JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 6,295,047NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 6,105,235STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT 1,350,500 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 26,659,840 8) Percentage of issued class 1.41% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 26 JANUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 181,817,641 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.59% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 0207061 6565 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification RACHEL BENJAMIN, COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT, COOKSON GROUP PLC Date of notification: 26 JANUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange