Holding(s) in Company

Croda International PLC
24 May 2006


                   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

 
Shares held in portfolios managed by Schroder Investment Management Limited on a
discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.         

 

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

 
Schroder Nominees Limited 5,194,858                                             
Chase Nominees Limited 3,164,764                                                
Brown Brothers Harriman 232,690                                                 
Banque Nationale de Paris 38,400                                                
Chase Manhattan Bank 373,783                                                    
Chase Nominees Limited 1,841,419                                                
HSBC Global Custody 108,906                                                     
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 809955 155,000                         
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 401,198                                    
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 771401 86,444                          
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 613,700                                            
Mellon Trust 473,859                                                            
Nortrust Nominees Limited 1,187,858                                             
Nutraco Nominees Ltd 65,000                                                     
Pictet & Cie 184,521                                                            
State Street Nominees Limited 185,311                                           
State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57 436,500                                  

 

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

6. Percentage of issued class

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

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

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

11. Date company informed

 
23 May 2006                                                                     

 

12. Total holding following this notification

                                                                    
14,744,211  

 

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
 
                                                                        
11.909% 

 

14. Any additional information

 
Number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury:          
123,811,255                                                                     

 

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

 
Mrs A M McIntyre - 01405 863260                                                 

 

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

 
Mrs A M McIntyre                                                                

 

Date of notification

 
24 May 2006                                                                     

 

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