Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 June 2004

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10 June
2004, 10,524 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the Croda
International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 278.5p per share.  These
shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan deducted
from their May pay.  The directors, as contributors to the plan, have acquired
the following interest in the shares:-


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

M Humphrey          45                45            746           746
B M Richmond        45                45            746           746


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