Holding in Company

Croda International PLC
6 November 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Croda International Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Shareholder named in 2.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 775245       1,295,200
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 360509          69,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 866203         105,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 357206       2,609,262
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 754612         200,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 747381         129,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
375,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
Less than 1%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares

10  Date of transaction:
1 November 2000

11  Date company informed:
6 November 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
4,407,462

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.23%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mrs A M McIntyre

15 Contact telephone number:
01405 863260

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mrs A M McIntyre - Assistant Company Secretary

17  Date of notification:
6 November 2000


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