Transaction in Own Shares

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
18 January 2008


The Morgan Crucible Company plc announces that on 18 January 2008 it purchased
for cancellation from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 190,000 ordinary shares at an
average price of 188.4046 pence per share.

Accordingly, upon settlement of the above transaction, The Morgan Crucible
Company plc's capital will consist of 274,304,074 25p ordinary shares with
voting rights, and 437,281 cumulative preference shares (125,327 5.5% cumulative
first preference shares of £1.00 each and 311,954 5% cumulative second
preference shares of £1.00 each), with no voting rights, save in specified
limited circumstances.

Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in The Morgan Crucible
Company plc will be 274,304,074.

The above figure 274,304,074 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, The Morgan Crucible Company
plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



Enquiries
The Morgan Crucible Company plc                              01753 837 000
Paul Boulton



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