Transaction in Own Shares

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
04 January 2007

The Morgan Crucible Company plc announces that on 4 January 2007 it purchased
for cancellation from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 250,000 ordinary shares at an
average price of 264.8965 pence per share.

Accordingly, upon settlement of the above transaction, The Morgan Crucible
Company plc's capital consists of 292,775,142 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 is 292,775,142.

The above figure 292,775,142 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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