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Cookson Group PLC · 6-K · For 6/2/04

Filed On 6/28/04 1:40pm ET · SEC File 0-21784 · Accession Number 1191638-4-1157

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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer
pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 For the period 28 June 2004

 Cookson Group plc

265 Strand, London, WC2R 1BD

  [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F]                         

Form 20-F    X                     Form 40-F      

[Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by furnishing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission  pursuant to Rule  12g3-2(b)  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934.]                                                                          
      Yes                                  No      X

[If "Yes" is marked,  indicate below the file number  assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-]                                         

Exhibit No.                                                                     

1. Holding(s) in Company dated 2 June 2004                                      
2. Holding(s) in Company dated 3 June 2004                                      
3. Holding(s) in Company dated 14 June 2004                                     
4. Board Changes dated 15 June 2004                                             
5. Director Shareholding dated 24 June 2004                                     

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Exhibit No.1                                                                    

 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 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                                           

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                                    

1,400,000                                                                       

8) Percentage of issued class                                                   

0.07%                                                                           

9) Class of security                                                            

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH                                                 

10) Date of transaction                                                         

1 JUNE 2004                                                                     

11) Date company informed                                                       

2 JUNE 2004                                                                     

12) Total holding following this notification                                   

55,545,530 SHARES                                                               

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification        

2.93%                                                                           

14) Any additional information                                                  

N/A                                                                             

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries                            

RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - TEL: 020 7061 6562   

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for           
making this notification                                                        

RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC                        

Date of notification: 2 JUNE 2004                                               

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Exhibit No.2                                                                    

 SCHEDULE 10

 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company                                                              

COOKSON GROUP PLC                                                               

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest                                  

BARCLAYS 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                                           

BARCLAYS PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST LIMITED (15,600 SHARES)                         

BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED (59,650,722 SHARES)                           

BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS N.A. (24,431,662 SHARES)                              

BARCLAYS GLOBAL FUND ADVISORS (618,457 SHARES)                                  

BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LIMITED (840,400 SHARES)                    

GERRARD LIMITED (335,910 SHARES)                                                

BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LIMITED (2,639,740) SHARES                           

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired                                    

NOT DISCLOSED                                                                   

6) Percentage of issued class                                                   

NOT DISCLOSED                                                                   

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed                                    

N/A                                                                             

8) Percentage of issued class                                                   

N/A                                                                             

9) Class of security                                                            

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH                                                 

10) Date of transaction                                                         

28 MAY 2004                                                                     

11) Date company informed                                                       

3 JUNE 2004                                                                     

12) Total holding following this notification                                   

88,532,491 SHARES                                                               

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification        

4.67%                                                                           

14) Any additional information                                                  

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries                            

RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC - 020 7061 6562                

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for           
making this notification                                                        

RACHEL FELL, DEPUTY SECRETARY, COOKSON GROUP PLC                                

Date of notification: 3 JUNE 2004                                               

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Exhibit No.3                                                                    

 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 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                 

NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST                                                         

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the           
number of shares held by each of them                                           

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REGISTERED NAME                    MANAGEMENT COMPANY                NUMBER OF SHARES
                                                                                     

CHASE NOMINEES LTD.                FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD.    83,082,342   

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON        FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD.    10,758,002   

RBS TRUST BANK                     FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT           754,695     

BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD.          FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT           245,180     

CITIBANK                           FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT           515,380     

CHASE NOMINEES LTD.                FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT          7,951,533    

BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON            FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT          1,846,140    

NORTHERN TRUST                     FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT          2,202,245    

HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK)  FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT           481,594     
LIMITED                                                                              

BANKERS TRUST                      FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED        292,500     

RBS TRUST BANK                     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       6,982,540    

CITIBANK                           FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED        367,120     

CHASE NOMINEES LTD                 FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       14,463,252   

HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK)  FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       71,165,880   
LIMITED                                                                              

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON        FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       3,237,216    

DEUTSCHE BANK                      FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       1,441,330    

BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON            FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       9,040,686    

NORTHERN TRUST                     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       3,721,613    

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS          FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED        883,400     

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST          FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED       2,049,340    

MELLON BANK                                                                          
                                   FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED        445,000     

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                                    

15,976,923                                                                      

8) Percentage of issued class                                                   

0.84%                                                                           

9) Class of security                                                            

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1 PENCE EACH                                                 

10) Date of transaction                                                         

NOT DISCLOSED                                                                   

11) Date company informed                                                       

14 JUNE 2004                                                                    

12) Total holding following this notification                                   

221,926,988 SHARES                                                              

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification        

11.71%                                                                          

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: 14 JUNE 2004                                              

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Exhibit No.4                                                                    

15 June 2004                                                                    

COOKSON GROUP ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES                                           

Nick Salmon appointed as Group Chief Executive                                  

Cookson  Group plc,  the leading  international  materials  technology  company,
announces  the  appointment  of Mr. Nick Salmon as Group Chief  Executive,  with
effect from 19 July 2004.                                                       

Mr. Salmon, 52, has extensive corporate and commercial  experience,  having held
leadership  positions within major international  organisations over many years.
He has spent a major part of his  career at Alstom  SA,  the  global  energy and
transport   infrastructure   group,  and  at  Babcock   International  plc,  the
engineering services group, where he was Chief Executive from 1993 to 1997.     

Most  recently,  from  2001  until  March  of this  year he was  Executive  Vice
President  of Alstom SA which at its peak had  revenues of EUR23bn and  employed
118,000 people in over 70 countries.  As a member of the three-person  Executive
Central  Management team alongside the Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer and
the Chief Financial Officer, his responsibilities included strategy, mergers and
acquisitions, communications and the worldwide marketing and sales network.     

From 1997 to 2001 Mr. Salmon was Executive Vice President of ABB Alstom Power, a
EUR10bn revenue business with 55,000 employees, and President of Alstom's Energy
Sector, a EUR4bn revenue business with 25,000 employees.                        

During his tenure as Chief Executive of Babcock  International  plc from 1993 to
1997, he led a major restructuring  exercise,  resulting in the repositioning of
Babcock as a focused support services  company.  He was responsible for the sale
of Babcock Energy to Mitsui  Corporation and for the  acquisitions of the Rosyth
Royal Dockyards and the British Rail maintenance businesses.                    

Prior to joining  Babcock,  he held senior  management  positions at GEC and GEC
Alsthom in the UK and France, and previously spent eleven years with China Light
& Power Co. Ltd in Hong Kong.                                                   

A summary of Mr. Salmon's career history is set out in the Notes to Editors.    

On 5 May 2004,  Cookson announced that Stephen Howard intended to relinquish the
role of Group Chief  Executive,  after the  identification  and appointment of a
successor.  Mr.  Howard will step down as Chief  Executive on 19 July,  and will
continue  as  an   executive   Director  to  assist  with  the   transition   of
responsibilities. He will leave the company at the end of the year.             

Bob Beeston, Chairman of Cookson, said:                                         

"Nick Salmon brings all the attributes that we are seeking for the role of Chief
Executive, and we are delighted to welcome him to Cookson. He has very extensive
international  experience at a corporate and strategic  level, as well as on the
operational front. He has good first hand experience of the Asia-Pacific region,
our most  important  growth  market,  and he has  established a reputation as an
excellent leader of people.                                                     

"After three years of very difficult trading,  Cookson is now clearly and firmly
on the recovery path, and we are delighted that Nick will be leading the company
in the next stage of its development.                                           

"For the fact that Cookson is now in excellent competitive shape, Stephen Howard
must take  considerable  credit. We are very grateful to him for his significant
contribution to Cookson over many years, seven of them as Group Chief Executive.
On behalf of the Board, I wish him well in the future."                         

Jan Pieter Oosterveld appointed as Non-executive Director                       

Cookson Group plc also announces the appointment of Mr. Jan Pieter Oosterveld as
a Non-executive Director, with immediate effect.                                

Mr. Oosterveld spent his career at Royal Philips Electronics, one of the world's
largest  electronics  companies.  Until his retirement in March of this year, he
was a member of the Group Management Committee with responsibility for corporate
strategy,  corporate  alliances,  CEO of Philips Asia  Pacific,  Chairman of the
Board of Directors of LG.Philips LCD Seoul, South Korea and Vice-Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of LG.Philips Displays NV, Hong Kong.                         

Prior to that, he held a series of senior operational management roles, latterly
as one of the Managing Directors of the Components  Division and General Manager
of  the  'Key  Modules'  Business  Group.  He  also  held   responsibility   for
manufacturing and research and development in the Video Recorders Business Group
of the Consumer Electronics Division.                                           

Mr.  Oosterveld  is a  Non-executive  Director  of  Continental  AG,  the German
automotive   systems  and   components   supplier,   Crucell  N.V.,   the  Dutch
biotechnology  company, Barco N.V., the Belgian display systems company and Atos
Origin S.A., the French-based IT services provider.                             

Bob Beeston, Chairman of Cookson, said:                                         

"Jan Oosterveld is an immensely experienced executive who has held a number of  
senior roles within one of the world's largest electronics multinational groups.

"He has  extensive  experience  in Asia which will be of  particular  benefit to
Cookson.  In his last role as head of Corporate Strategy he was the architect of
the  refocusing  and  revitalisation  of  Philips  and this,  together  with his
previous  responsibility for research and development,  means that he will bring
an excellent set of strategic skills to the Board.                              

"I am delighted that he has agreed to join the Board."                          

There are no other disclosures required in respect of either Mr. Salmon or      
Mr. Oosterveld under paragraph 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the Listing Rules.           

Shareholder/analyst enquiries:                   Robert Beeston, Chairman       
                               020 7061 6500

Media enquiries:                                 John Olsen, Hogarth Partnership
                               020 7357 9477

Notes to Editors                                                                

About Cookson Group                                                             

Cookson  Group  is  a  leading  materials   technology  company  which  provides
materials, processes and services to customers worldwide. The Group's operations
are formed into three divisions - Electronics, Ceramics and Precious Metals. The
Electronics  division is a leading  manufacturer  and supplier of materials  and
services  to  the  electronics  industry,   primarily  serving  fabricators  and
assemblers of printed circuit boards,  assemblers of semiconductor packaging and
the electrical and industrial markets. The Ceramics division is the world leader
in the supply of advanced  flow control and  refractory  products and systems to
the iron and steel industry and is also a leading supplier of refractory  lining
materials for iron and steelmaking and other industrial processes.  The Precious
Metals  division is a leading  supplier to the jewellery  industry of fabricated
precious metals products.                                                       

Headquartered in London, Cookson employs over 15,600 people in more than 35     
countries and sells its products in over 100 countries.                         

Nick Salmon - Career History                                                    

2001 - 2004:           ALSTOM SA (Paris)                                        
Executive Vice President          
1999 - 2001:           ABB ALSTOM Power (Brussels)                              
Executive Vice President          
1997 - 1999:           Alstom SA (Paris)                                        
President, Energy Sector          
1993 - 1997:           Babcock International Group Plc (UK)                     
Chief Executive                   
1988 - 1993:           GEC & GEC ALSTHOM (UK & France)                          
 GM, Power Station Projects Division
Deputy MD, Power Plants Division  
      Deputy MD, Gas Turbine & Diesel Division
1977 - 1988:           China Light & Power Ltd (Hong Kong)                      
  Project Manager, Generation Projects
1973 - 1978:           Central Electricity Generating Board (UK)                
Project Engineer                  

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Exhibit No.5                                                                    

24 June 2004                                                                    
Directors' Shareholdings                                                        
Cookson Group plc                                                               

In accordance with the rules of the Cookson Group Long-Term  Incentive Plan 2004
(the  "Plan")  the  following  Executive  Directors  of  Cookson  Group plc have
received  an  allocation  of  Performance  Shares  under the Plan.  The Plan was
approved at the Company's AGM held on 14 May 2004.                              

The following  Performance  Shares were  allocated to Executive  Directors on 24
June 2004,  based upon the mid-market  closing price for shares in Cookson Group
plc on 23 June 2004, of 42.25 pence.                                            

Director                                            Performance Shares          
G C Cozzani                                         559,147                     
S L Howard                                          1,104,900                   
D H Millard                                         579,882                     

Awards  under  the  Plan  will  normally  vest on or  shortly  after  the  third
anniversary  of the award date.  The  proportion  of an award that vests will be
subject to the  attainment  of certain  performance  conditions  relating to the
performance  of the Company  over the three  financial  years to which the award
relates. Furthermore, the award to Mr Howard will vest on a pro-rata basis based
upon the proportion of time he has participated in the Plan.                    

A summary of the Plan is included  in the 2003  Annual  Report and the Notice of
Meeting  for the 2004  AGM.  Both of these  documents  can be  accessed  via the
website of Cookson Group plc at : www.cooksongroup.co.uk                        

As a result of these  allocations of Performance  Shares,  the revised share and
option interests of the respective  Directors in the shares of Cookson Group plc
are as follows:-                                                                

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Director     Performance Shares        Existing Shareholdings  Existing Share Options  Deferred Shares allocated
             allocated under the 2004                                                  under the 2001-2003      
             Long-Term Incentive Plan                                                  Mid-Term Incentive Plan  
                                                                                                                
G C Cozzani  559,147                   158,028                 3,338,758               151,338                  
S L Howard   1,104,900                 713,976                 7,814,881               304,422                  
D H Millard  579,882                   399,999                 3,621,598               149,322                  

Cookson Group plc                                                               
265 Strand                                                                      
London WC2R 1DB                                                                 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7061 6500                                                       
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7061 6600                                                       
Web: www.cooksongroup.co.uk                                                     

                               SIGNATURE
                                       Cookson Group plc

                                         By:________________
                                 Rachel Fell
                                                 Assistant Company Secretary

                                        Date: 28 June 2004

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Cookson Group PLC · 6-K · For 6/2/04

Filed On 6/28/04 1:40pm ET · SEC File 0-21784 · Accession Number 1191638-4-1157

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