Annual Report and Accounts

Croda International PLC
20 March 2003


Croda International Plc - Annual Report and Accounts

A copy of the Annual Report and Accounts of Croda International Plc for the year
ended 31 December 2002 together with a letter to shareholders including Notice
of AGM and a copy of the proxy card have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Telephone Number:     (0)20 7676 1000


The AGM will be held on 23 April 2003 at 12 noon.  The Notice includes
resolutions typically sought by the Company at its AGM and includes a resolution
to seek shareholder approval for the Company to purchase its own shares, up to a
maximum of 13,626,884 shares.



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