Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
06 May 2005





The Morgan Crucible Company plc



The Company was informed on 6 May 2004,  that the Trustees of The Morgan General
Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') acquired 2,000,000 (two million) ordinary
shares in the capital of the Company at an average price of £1.744464 per share
to satisfy future obligations arising from provisional awards made under The
Morgan Crucible Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 and share options granted under
The Morgan Crucible Executive Share Option Scheme 2004.



Following this purchase, the Trust holds a total of 4,720,080 ordinary shares
representing 1.626% of the share capital of the Company.  The class of
discretionary beneficiaries for whom the Trust holds such shares consists of
employees of the Company including executive directors Warren Decatur Knowlton,
Mark Robertshaw, Hartmut Eisele and Mark Lejman and these directors are
accordingly deemed to be beneficially interested in all of such shares held by
the Trust.


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