Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 November 2004

Croda International Plc

Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10
November 2004, 10,243 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 306.5p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their October 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                       40                     40                    962                    962
B M Richmond                     40                     40                    962                    962






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