Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6358S
Morgan Crucible Co PLC
28 November 2003

                                  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


Beneficial and non-beneficial interest of the shareholder named in 2 and its subsidiaries



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


Bank of New York 1,397,000 shares; Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886 677,000
shares; Chase Nominees Limited 983,364 shares; Chase Manhattan Bank 553,800
shares; Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPMPS 245,110 shares; State Street Nominees
Limited a/c 5H57 890,400 shares; Morgan Nominees Ltd a/c 8002255 2,265,200
shares; Morgan Nominees Ltd a/c CCC 372,000 shares; Morgan Nominees Ltd
1,179,292 shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited 4,995,297 shares; Schroder Nominees
Limited 7,462,896 shares; Chase Nominees Limited 4,473,309 shares.





5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


N/A



6. Percentage of issued class


N/A



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 27/11/03 received 27/11/03



12. Total holding following this notification


25,494,668



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


10.987%



14. Any additional information


Not known



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



Date of notification


28th November 2003



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