Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
08 November 2006

                                  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





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 11,146,538 shares; Bank of New York 504,862 shares; Banque
Internationale a Luxembourg 217,291 shares;  CitiBank 975,874 shares; Investors
Tst & Custodial Services 194,446 shares;  JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 450,008
shares; Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 2,195,956 shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited
5,756,921 shares; State Street Bank and Trust Co 338,981 shares; State Street
Nominees Limited 9,641,737 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 6/11/06 received 7/11/06.



12)        Total holding following this notification:

31,424,120 shares



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

10.710%





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:

8th November 2006




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