Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3960U

Croda International PLC

14 May 2008

 



Croda International Plc

14 May 2008

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), I hereby inform you that Croda International Plc ('the Company') was notified on 13 May 2008, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') on 12 May 2008. The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each, using deductions from salary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ('matching shares').

1.	The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) acquired 5,549 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 12 May 2008 at a total cost of £39,454.16 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares.
2.	The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) also acquired 5,549 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 12 May 2008 at a total cost of £39,454.16 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares.
3.	The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 10p set out against their names below, at a price of 705p per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below:

Name	Role	Number of ordinary shares purchased	Number of matching shares allocated
M Humphrey	Executive Director	18	18
M S Christie	Executive Director	17	17
D E Barraclough	PDMR	18	18
S E Foots	PDMR	18	18
K Layden	PDMR	18	18
G L Myers	PDMR	18	18
K M Nutbrown	PDMR	18	18
A L Scott	PDMR	18	18

This notification is made in order to satisfy both section 793 of the Companies Act 2006 and Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2.

Louise Scott

Company Secretary and Legal Counsel

Croda International Plc

 

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