Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
27 February 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:

Aviva plc (formerly CGNU plc) through its subsidiary Morley Fund Management plc

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 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:

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 3,354,229 shares; Chase GA Group

Nominees Ltd 3,826,073 shares; CUIM Nominee Ltd 4,130,605 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:

782,654

8)           Percentage of issued class:

0.34%

9)           Class of Security:

Ordinary shares of 25p

10)       Date of Transaction:

25th February 2003

11)       Date company informed:

Faxed letter dated 26/2/03 received 27/2/03

12)       Total holding following this notification:

11,310,907 shares

13)       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

4.88%

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



17)       Date of notification:

27th February 2003



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