Holding in Company
Morgan Crucible Co PLC
25 October 2001
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company:
The Morgan Crucible Company plc
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
AXA S.A.
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:
Beneficial and non-beneficial interest of the shareholder named in 2 and its
subsidiaries.
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,
the number of shares held by each of them:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 845315 5,988 shares; HSBC Global
Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 845029 265,506 shares; HSBC Global Custody
Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 845017 1,200,000 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)
Ltd A/C 845005 287,582 shares; Bank Generale Luxembourg A/C 750749 2,973
shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 777043 99,027 shares; HSBC
Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 777086 41,796 shares; HSBC Global Custody
Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 777094 30,000 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)Ltd
A/C 777167 37,580 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)Ltd A/C 785078 8,038
shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 873426 37,900 shares; HSBC
Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 867815 1,112,874 shares; HSBC Global
Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 867396 1,687,683 shares; HSBC Global Custody
Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 867530 200,000 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)
Ltd A/C 867372 5,153,862 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C
887553 4,320 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887565 4,618
shares; HSBC Global Custody (UK) Ltd A/c 887577 4,618 shares; HSBC Global
Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887589 4,618 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee
(UK) Ltd A/C 887590 4,618 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C
887607 4,618 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 887619 4,618
shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 776934 6,741,184 shares; HSBC
Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 867116 646,575 shares; HSBC Global Custody
Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 867268 601,717 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)
Ltd A/C 867050 2,251,220 shares; RBSTB Nominees designation Sunpen 69,696
shares; Sun Life International Isle of Man Ltd A/C SLI 11 1,500 shares; Chase
Nominees Ltd A/C BTO1C 801,188 shares; AXA Sun Life plc 6,475,250 shares;
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 880868 222,582 shares; Chase Nominees
Ltd A/C 00994 1,937,448 shares; Bankhaus Sal Oppenheim 87,000 shares; AXA
Financial Inc 2,369,094 shares; Citibank 21,357 shares.
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not known
6) Percentage of issued class:
Not known
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not known
8) Percentage of issued class:
Not known
9) Class of Security:
Ordinary shares of 25p
10) Date of Transaction:
Not known
11) Date company informed:
Letter dated 23/10/01
12) Total holding following this notification:
6,653,871 non-material; 25,774,777 material
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
2.87% non-material; 11.11% material
14) Any additional information:
Not known
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Mr D.J. Coker, Company Secretary tel. 01753 837222
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:
Mr D.J. Coker
17) Date of notification:
25th October 2001