Holding(s) in Company

8 Nov 2006 15:04

Morgan Crucible Co PLC08 November 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 inrespect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding 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: Chase Nominees Ltd 11,146,538 shares; Bank of New York 504,862 shares; BanqueInternationale a Luxembourg 217,291 shares; CitiBank 975,874 shares; InvestorsTst & Custodial Services 194,446 shares; JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 450,008shares; Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 2,195,956 shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited5,756,921 shares; State Street Bank and Trust Co 338,981 shares; State StreetNominees Limited 9,641,737 shares; Brown Brothers Harriman 1,506 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 6/11/06 received 7/11/06. 12) Total holding following this notification: 31,424,120 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification: 10.710% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Mr P.A. Boulton tel 01753 837308 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification: Mr P.A. Boulton 17) Date of notification: 8th November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange