13th Sep 2006 14:26
Morgan Crucible Co PLC13 September 2006 The Morgan Crucible Company plc - Statement re Possible Offer The Board of The Morgan Crucible Company plc ("Morgan Crucible" or the "Company") notes the announcement by SGL Carbon AG made earlier today that it does not intend to make an offer for Morgan Crucible. Morgan Crucible announced on 7 August 2006 that it had received a preliminaryapproach. Discussions in relation to this approach are continuing, which may ormay not lead to a cash offer being made for the Company. A further announcement will be made in due course. END JPMorgan Cazenove Limited ("JPMorgan Cazenove"), which is authorised andregulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is actingfor Morgan Crucible and no-one else in connection with the matters referred toherein and will not be responsible to anyone other than Morgan Crucible forproviding the protections afforded to clients of JPMorgan Cazenove or for givingadvice in relation to such matters. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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