Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
14 April 2004

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 13 April
2004, 10,493 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the Croda
International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 270p per share.  These
shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan deducted
from their March 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                       47                     47                    655                    655
B M Richmond                     47                     47                    655                    655






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