Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
07 December 2006



The Morgan Crucible Company plc


The Company was informed on 6th December 2006 that the Trustees of The Morgan
General Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') had acquired 3,000,000 Ordinary
shares in the capital of the Company at an average price of £2.505953 per share
to satisfy future obligations arising from provisional share awards made under
The Morgan Crucible Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 and share options granted
under The Morgan Crucible Executive Share Option Scheme 2004.

Following this purchase the Trust holds a total of 8,763,923 Ordinary shares
representing 2.99% 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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