Vesuvius Regulatory News (VSVS)

18 Jan 2006 12:42

Cookson Group PLC18 January 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company COOKSON GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest STANDARD LIFE GROUP 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 AS ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them VIDACOS NOMINEES 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 600,000 8) Percentage of issued class 0.31% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 16 JANUARY 2006 11) Date company informed 17 JANUARY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 28,368,373 SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 14.89% 14) Any additional information N/A 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: 18 JANUARY 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange