Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
15 January 2007


The Morgan Crucible Company plc


The Company was informed on 4th January 2007 that the Trustees of The Morgan
General Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') had transferred 581,225 Ordinary
shares out of the Trust in satisfaction of the exercise of share options
previously granted by the Company under its Sharesave Scheme 2004.

Following this transfer of shares out of the Trust, the Trust holds a total of
10,182,157 Ordinary shares representing 3.47% of the share capital of the
Company.  The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the Trust holds such
shares consists of employees of the Company including executive directors, Mark
Robertshaw, Kevin Dangerfield and Mark Lejman.  Under the provisions of Schedule
13 of the Companies Act 1985 these directors are deemed to be beneficially
interested in all of such shares held by the Trust.


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