Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0435S

Croda International PLC

11 May 2009

Croda International Plc

11 May 2009

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), I hereby inform you that Croda International Plc ('the Company') was notified on 11 May 2009, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') on 11 May 2009. The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each, using deductions from salary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ('matching shares').

1.	The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) acquired 7,425 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 11 May 2009 at a total cost of £42,795.065 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares.
2.	The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) also acquired 7,425 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 11 May 2009 at a total cost of £42,795.065 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares.
3.	The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 10p set out against their names below, at a price of 571.5p per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below:

Name	Role	Number of ordinary shares purchased	Number of matching shares allocated
M Humphrey	Executive Director	22	22
M S Christie	Executive Director	22	22
D E Barraclough	PDMR	22	22
S E Foots	PDMR	22	22
K Layden	PDMR	22	22
G L Myers	PDMR	22	22
K M Nutbrown	PDMR	22	22
A L Scott	PDMR	21	21