Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
11 December 2006









The Morgan Crucible Company plc



The Company was informed after close of business on 8th December 2006 that the
Trustees of the Morgan General Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') had acquired
386,414 Ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at an average price of
£2.514508 per share to satisfy future obligations arising from provisional share
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 9,150,337 Ordinary shares
representing 3.12% 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, Mark Robertshaw, Kevin
Dangerfield and Mark Lejman. Under the provisions of Schedule 13 of the
Companies Act 1985 these directors are deemed to be beneficially interested in
all of such shares held by the Trust.


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