Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
10 March 2003


Croda International Plc


Croda announces that the Trustee of the Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust')
acquired on 10 March 2003, 75,000 ordinary shares in the company for the
purposes of the Trust at a price of 227p per share.  It is intended that these
shares will be used to satisfy exercises of options under the company's
Executive share option schemes in respect of directors and employees.  The
directors, in their capacity as potential beneficiaries under the Trust, are
deemed to have acquired an interest in these shares.

M Humphrey holds options over 703,800 shares and B M Richmond holds options over
429,970 shares.

Following this transaction 3,569,200 shares are held by the Trustee.



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