11th Dec 2006 15:06
Morgan Crucible Co PLC11 December 2006 The Morgan Crucible Company plc The Company was informed after close of business on 8th December 2006 that theTrustees of the Morgan General Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust") had acquired386,414 Ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at an average price of£2.514508 per share to satisfy future obligations arising from provisional shareawards made under The Morgan Crucible Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 and shareoptions granted under The Morgan Crucible Executive Share Option Scheme 2004. Following this purchase the Trust holds a total of 9,150,337 Ordinary sharesrepresenting 3.12% of the share capital of the Company. The class ofdiscretionary beneficiaries for whom the Trust holds such shares consists ofemployees of the Company including executive directors, Mark Robertshaw, KevinDangerfield and Mark Lejman. Under the provisions of Schedule 13 of theCompanies Act 1985 these directors are deemed to be beneficially interested inall of such shares held by the Trust. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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