Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
27 August 2004


                 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN INTERESTS IN SHARES

The Morgan Crucible Company plc (the 'Company') received notice on 26th August
2004 that, in accordance with Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985,
Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies no longer have a notifiable
interest in the Company's Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each.


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