Holding in Company

Croda International PLC
24 December 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Croda International Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Schroder 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:
  563,100  BT Globenet Nominees Limited a/c 6B
  600,000  Chase Nominees Limited
  879,737  HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
   55,137  HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
  329,704  MSS Nominees Limited a/c 846435
  157,000  MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823666
  150,000  Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPMPS
  582,000  Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPCIF
  257,800  RBSTB Nominees Limited
   30,200  RBSTB Nominees Limited a/c LAUR
  442,000  State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57
  155,000  RBSTB Nominees Limited a/c AAUKPS
1,400,000  British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (Client) Nominees Ltd a/c P
  645,000  Mineworkers Pension Scheme (Client) Nominees Limited a/c R
  264,000  Mellon Trusts
  257,000  Morgan Nominees Limited a/c GRL
  245,000  Nortrust Nominees Limited 
6,306,944  Schroder Nominees Limited
  408,725  held in unit trusts - Chase Nominees Limited
 

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Sufficient to become a notifiable int

6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 10p each

10  Date of transaction:
24 December 2001

11  Date company informed:
24 December 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
13,728,347

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.074%

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:
24 December 2001


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