Holding in Company

Croda International PLC
15 January 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Croda International Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Newton 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:
Interest on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management
agreements.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
2,392,200   Waterhouse Nominees Ltd a/c SEGFUNDS
  350,000   Waterhouse Nominees Ltd a/c SEGUSEX
   42,500   RBSTB Nominees Ltd
   90,000   RBSTB Nominees Ltd
  335,000   RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c ESPSBEB
  285,000   RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c AAUKPS
  314,000   The Bank of New York Nominees Ltd
  667,000   Newton Investment Management a/c HSBC RF79
   63,000   The Bank of New York Nominees Ltd
  606,350   Waterhouse Nominees Ltd a/c LCHPP
   25,700   RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c MSFPS
  169,000   Chase Nominees Ltd a/c F19815
  408,000   The Bank of New York Nominees Ltd
  369,000   State Street Nominees Ltd a/c JD17
  444,000   State Street Nominees Ltd a/c HKZ1
6,783,461   Chase Nominees Ltd a/c NEWTONUT
   10,000   Waterhouse Nominees Ltd a/c CHRBNIM
  267,160   Nortrust Nominees Ltd
  103,300   Nortrust Nominees Ltd
1,224,000   RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c RBP


5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
411,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.30%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares

10  Date of transaction:
10 January 2001

11  Date company informed:
15 January 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
14,948,671

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.97%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mrs D S Hill

15 Contact telephone number:
01405 863270

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mrs D S Hill - Company Secretarial Assistant

17  Date of notification:
15 January 2001





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