Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7035Q

Morgan Crucible Co PLC

06 August 2010

The Morgan Crucible Company plc (the "Company")

Transactions by directors/persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and their connected persons in accordance with DTR 3.1.4.

Further to the announcement released on 9 July 2010 in relation to ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") acquired by directors/PDMRs under the Company's scrip dividend scheme, the Company notifies that the following directors/PDMRs acquired on 5^th August 2010 additional Shares on equivalent terms to those of the July 2010 scrip dividend scheme (that is, at the price of 176.26 pence per Share). These additional Shares, which were transferred from the Company's employee benefit trust, relate to elections made to re-invest the July 2010 dividend entitlement in respect of certain Shares held as Deferred Awards under the Company's Bonus Deferral Share Matching Plan ("BDSMP").

Name	Additional Shares (and percentage of equity)	Resultant shareholding including shares held as post tax deferred awards under the Company's BDSMP(and percentage of equity)
Mark Robertshaw	1,753 Shares (0.0006%)	480,337 Shares (0.1765%)
Ralph Gomarsall	444 Shares (0.00016%)	76,671 Shares (0.028%)
Amanda Wooding	571 Shares (0.0002%)	43,623 Shares (0.016%)