Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
06 December 2004


                                   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:

     Schroder Investment Management Limited


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:

     Schroder Nominees Limited 5,686,000 shares; Schroder Unit Trusts Limited 
     (SUTL) 7,968,597 shares; Bank of New York 1,460,250 shares; Chase Nominees 
     Limited 2,011,593 shares; Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886 693,900 shares; 
     Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 2,320,200 shares; Morgan Nominees Limited a/c 
     CCC 436,400 shares; Morgan Nominees Ltd 1,474,115 shares; Nortrust Nominees 
     Ltd 5,720,375, Nutraco Nominees Ltd ac/ GWPPMPS 263,600; State Street 
     Nominees Limited a/c 5H57 1,076,329 shares.


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     Not known


6)   Percentage of issued class:

     Not known


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     Not known


8)   Percentage of issued class:

     Not known


9)   Class of Security:

     Ordinary shares of 25p


10)  Date of Transaction:

     Not known



11)  Date company informed:

     Faxed letter dated 3/12/04 received 6/12/04


12)  Total holding following this notification:

     29,111,359 shares


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

     10.03


14)  Any additional information

     N/A


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:

     6th December 2004




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