Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1713U

Croda International PLC

12 May 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Croda International Plc

2. Reason for the notification 

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                    (  X  )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:     (     )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                 (      )

Other (please specify) :                                 (      )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

8 May 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 May 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

  8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0002335270 ORD GBP 0.10	6,874,098	6,874,098

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002335270 ORD GBP 0.10	1,032,646	1,032,646	5,676,451	0.76	4.17

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
6,709,097	4.93%

  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Name of the Company / Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
AXA Ireland Pension Fund Indirect	1,491	0.00109
AXA Sun Life plc (formerly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc) Direct	170,548	0.12523
AXA Rosenberg Direct	121,152	0.08896
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Distribution Fund Indirect	10,000	0.00734
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Extra Income Fund Indirect	2,000	0.00147
PPP Healthcare Group plc Direct	14,349	0.01054
Sun Life Assurance Society Plc Direct	104,384	0.07664
AXA Rosenberg Direct	92,046	0.06759
AXA Insurance UK Direct	33,450	0.02456
AXA Rosenberg Indirect	5,521,767	4.05439
Sun Life Pensions Management Direct	61,659	0.04527
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker Direct	20,058	0.01473
Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity Direct	115,000	0.08444
Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker Direct	122,095	0.08965
AXA Winterthur Direct	35,475	0.02605
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive Direct	94,285	0.06923
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive Direct	48,145	0.03535
AXA Framlington EDF Energy Group Indirect	141,194	0.10367
Total Direct Total Indirect	1,032,646     5,676,452	0.75823 4.16797
TOTAL	6,709,098	4.92619

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Number of Croda International Plc ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury: 136,192,380

14. Contact name:

Louise Scott

15. Contact telephone number:

01405 860551

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