Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
13 April 2005

                                 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:

Deutsche Bank AG

     
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:

6,081,367 shares held by the shareholder named in 2 above.  26,458,907 shares
relate to non-beneficial interests.


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

Deutsche Bank AG London 6,081,367 shares;  Bank of New York Nominees 3,154,750
shares; Chase Nominees 1,089,288 shares; Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees
20,585 shares; Deutsche Bank International Limited 63,000 shares; Nortrust
Nominees Ltd 2,037,422 shares; State Street Nominees 20,093,862 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 12th April 2005

     
12)  Total holding following this notification:

32,540,274 shares


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

11.21%


14)  Any additional information

N/A


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mr D.J. Coker, Company Secretary tel. [phone]

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

Mr D.J. Coker


17)  Date of notification:

13th April 2005


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