Holding(s) in Company

16 Jan 2007 16:59

Morgan Crucible Co PLC16 January 2007 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 on behalf of Schroder & Co Limited,Schroder Unit Trusts Limited and Schroders plc 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 11,461,161 shares; Bank of New York 449,697 shares; BanqueInternationale a Luxembourg 204,419 shares; CitiBank 975,874 shares; InvestorsTst & Custodial Services 185,699 shares; JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 346,300shares; Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 1,995,564 shares; Mellon Trust 875,431shares; Nortrust Nominees Limited 5,368,149 shares; State Street Bank and TrustCo 321,590 shares; State Street Nominees Limited 9,867,102 shares; BrownBrothers 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 16/1/07 received 16/1/07. 12) Total holding following this notification: 32,052,492 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification: 11.001% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Mr P.A. Boulton tel 01753 837000 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification: Mr P.A. Boulton 17) Date of notification: 16th January 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange