Transaction in Own Shares

Morgan Crucible Co PLC
21 December 2006


The Morgan Crucible Company plc announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation through JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 200,000 ordinary shares at a
price of 259.9905 pence per share.

Accordingly, upon settlement of the above transaction, The Morgan Crucible
Company plc's capital consists of 293,225,142 25p ordinary shares with voting
rights, and 437,281 cumulative preference shares (125,327 5.5% cumulative first
preference shares of £1.00 each and 311,954 5% cumulative second preference
shares of £1.00 each), with no voting rights, save in specified limited
circumstances.

Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in The Morgan Crucible
Company plc is 293,225,142.

The above figure 293,225,142 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, The Morgan Crucible Company
plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.




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