Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
12 October 2004

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 11
October 2004, 10,740 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 286p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their September 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                       44                     44                    922                    922
B M Richmond                     44                     44                    922                    922






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