Morgan Advanced Materials Regulatory News (MGAM)

7 Nov 2006 10:39

Morgan Crucible Co PLC07 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: Standard Life Investments on behalf of Standard Life Group 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: Interest of shareholder named in 2. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,the number of shares held by each of them: Vidacos Nominees 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 623,496 6) Percentage of issued class: 0.212% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: N/A 8) Percentage of issued class: N/A 9) Class of Security: Ordinary shares of 25p 10) Date of Transaction: 2/11/06 11) Date company informed: Faxed letter dated 3/11/06 received 3/11/06 12) Total holding following this notification: 34,345,752 (20,924,456 material interest) (13,421,296 non-material interest) 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification: 11.705% (7.131% material interest)(4.574% non-material) 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Mr D.J. Coker tel 01753 837000 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification: Mr D.J. Coker 17) Date of notification: 7th November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange