Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
16 January 2007

                                  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:

Schroder Investment Management Limited on behalf of Schroder & Co Limited,
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited and Schroders 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:  non-
beneficial

4)                Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,
the number of shares held by each of them:

Chase Nominees Ltd 11,461,161 shares; Bank of New York 449,697 shares; Banque
Internationale a Luxembourg 204,419 shares;  CitiBank 975,874 shares; Investors
Tst & Custodial Services 185,699 shares;  JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 346,300
shares; Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 1,995,564 shares; Mellon Trust 875,431
shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited 5,368,149 shares; State Street Bank and Trust
Co 321,590 shares; State Street Nominees Limited 9,867,102 shares; Brown
Brothers Harriman 1,506 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:

Faxed letter dated 16/1/07 received 16/1/07.

12)        Total holding following this notification:

32,052,492 shares

13)            Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification:

11.001%

14)        Any additional information

N/A



15)        Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mr P.A. Boulton tel [phone]



16)            Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Mr P.A. Boulton



17)        Date of notification:

16th January 2007








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