Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1572B

Croda International PLC

11 April 2012

Croda International Plc

11 April 2012

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 April 2012, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 10 April 2012. 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").

The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) acquired 2,976 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 April 2012 at a total cost of £62,067.305 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares.

The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) also acquired 2,976 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 April 2012 at a total cost of £62,067.305 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares.

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 2068p 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
S E Foots	Executive Director	6	6
M S Christie	Executive Director	7	7
K Layden	Executive Director	6	6
D E Barraclough	PDMR	6	6
S E Breene	PDMR	6	6
M W Heijbroek	PDMR	6	6
G L Myers	PDMR	6	6
K M Nutbrown	PDMR	6	6
A L Scott	PDMR	6	6