Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
21 September 2007


The Morgan Crucible Company plc

The Company was informed on 21st September 2007 that the Trustees of The Morgan
General Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') had purchased 341,735 Ordinary
Shares to be held in the Trust for the satisfaction of the exercise of share
options previously granted by the Company under its employee share schemes.

Following this purchase of shares by the Trust, the Trust holds a total of
5,761,808 Ordinary Shares representing 2.08% 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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