Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
21 April 2008

The Morgan Crucible Company plc - Grant of Deferred Bonus and Matching Awards


The Morgan Crucible Company plc


21st April 2008



The Morgan Crucible Company plc (the 'Company') announces that following
approval of the Morgan Crucible Bonus Deferral Share Matching Plan (the 'Plan')
at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 18th April 2008, the awards
detailed below over ordinary 25p shares in the Company ('Shares') were granted
on 18th April 2008 to the Executive Directors.

The Plan involves two linked awards:

(a)        Deferred Awards granted following the Directors' election to convert
part of their bonus for the financial year 2007 into a deferred entitlement to
Shares. The awards relate to pre-tax bonus.

(b)        Matching Awards the vesting of which is linked to continued service
and an Earnings per Share-based measure of growth over a three year performance
period. At the top end of the performance scale the Matching Award would vest at
three times the number of Shares comprised in the Deferred Award.

    Executive Director          Number of Shares under the      Maximum number of Shares under the
                                      Deferred Award                      Matching Award
      Mark Robertshaw                    104,743                              314,229
     Kevin Dangerfield                    58,266                              174,798



This notification relates to transactions notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R
(1) (a).

Enquiries:  Tracey Bigmore, The Morgan Crucible Company plc
Tel:  [phone]

Date of Notification: 21st April 2008




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