Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3501K

Morgan Crucible Co PLC

16 April 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

The Morgan Crucible Company plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	15 April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Increase in indirect holdings from 4.98% to 5.25%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0006027295	14,664,665	14,664,665	1,194,958	1,194,958	14,182,745	0.44	5.25

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
15,377,703	5.69%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Name of the Company / Fund Number of Shares % of issued share capital Alliance Capital Management Direct 1,092,958.00 0.404490 Axa Financial, Inc Indirect 1,816,760.00 0.672360 AXA IM UK Direct 102,000.00 0.037749 AXA IM UK Indirect 12,365,985.00 3.438005 Total Direct Total Indirect 1,194,958 14,182,745 0.44224 5.24886 TOTAL 15,377,703 5.69110

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Tracey Bigmore
15. Contact telephone number:	01753 837000

 

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