Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
28 March 2006


                                  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:  non-
beneficial



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 6,158,375 shares; Brown Brothers Harriman 1,492
shares; Chase Manhattan Bank 724,800 shares; Chase Nominees Limited 8,635,203
shares; Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886 693,900 shares; Investors Tst &
Custodial Services 200,000 shares; Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 2,320,200
shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited 6,097,393 shares; State Street Bank and Trust
Co 393,145 shares; State Street Nominees Limited 9,350,579 shares; 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 24/3/06


12)  Total holding following this notification:

35,651,416 shares


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

12.153%


14)  Any additional information

N/A


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mr P.A. Boulton tel. [phone]


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Mr P.A. Boulton


17)  Date of notification:

28th March 2006


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