Morgan Advanced Materials Regulatory News (MGAM)

3 Jan 2007 16:30

Morgan Crucible Co PLC03 January 2007 The Morgan Crucible Company plc announces that on 3 January 2007 it purchasedfor cancellation from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 200,000 ordinary shares at anaverage price of 264.8062 pence per share. Accordingly, upon settlement of the above transaction, The Morgan CrucibleCompany plc's capital consists of 293,025,142 25p ordinary shares with votingrights, and 437,281 cumulative preference shares (125,327 5.5% cumulative firstpreference shares of £1.00 each and 311,954 5% cumulative second preferenceshares of £1.00 each), with no voting rights, save in specified limitedcircumstances. Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in The Morgan CrucibleCompany plc is 293,025,142. The above figure 293,025,142 may be used by shareholders as the denominator forthe calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notifytheir interest in, or a change to their interest in, The Morgan Crucible Companyplc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. EnquiriesThe Morgan Crucible Company plc 01753 837 000Paul Boulton END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange