Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
18 April 2005


                NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN INTERESTS IN SHARES

The Morgan Crucible Company plc (the 'Company') received notice on 15th April
2005 that, in accordance with Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, Aviva
plc through its subsidiary Morley Fund Management Ltd  no longer have a
notifiable interest in the Company's Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each.






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