Director/PDMR Shareholding

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
14 December 2006


The Morgan Crucible Company plc.

The Company was informed on 13th December 2006 that the Trustees of the Morgan
General Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') had acquired 1,613,586 Ordinary
shares in the capital of the Company at an average price of £2.533956 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 have advised that it holds a total of
10,763,382 Ordinary shares representing 3.67% of the share capital of the
Company. The class of discretionary beneficiaries from 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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