Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 February 2004

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10
February 2004, 10,340 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 263p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their January pay.  The directors, as contributors to the plan,
have acquired the following interest in the shares:-


                                                                  Total Shares held in Plan
              Partnership Shares      Matching Shares       Partnership Shares      Matching Shares


M Humphrey           48                     48                    565                    565
B M Richmond         48                     48                    565                    565






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