Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC 28 June 2004 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: Legal & General Group plc 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 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 914945 114,883 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 775245 1,125,708 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206 7,399,419 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203 416,250 shares; HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509 382,782 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: N/A 8) Percentage of issued class: N/A 9) Class of Security: Ordinary shares of 25p 10) Date of Transaction: Not known 11) Date company informed: Faxed letter dated 25/6/04 received 25/6/04 12) Total holding following this notification: 9,439,042 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.25% 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: 28th June 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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