Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4623R

Croda International PLC

11 September 2014

Croda International Plc

11 September 2014

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Croda International Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

Croda International Plc ("the Company") was notified on 11 September 2014 that the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities became beneficially interested in the number of ordinary shares of 10p in the Company set out against their names in the table below under the SIP. The shares were purchased on their behalf by the SIP Trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) at a price of 2184.5p per share.

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, using deductions from salary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").

The table below sets out the number of shares purchased and the number of matching shares that were allocated for no consideration.

Name	Role	Number of ordinary shares purchased	Number of matching shares allocated
S E Foots	Executive Director	5	5
M S Christie	Executive Director	6	6
K Layden	Executive Director	5	5
S Arnott	PDMR	5	5
D E Barraclough	PDMR	5	5
S E Breene	PDMR	5	5
T M Brophy	PDMR	6	6
N I Challoner	PDMR	5	5
M W Heijbroek	PDMR	6	6
G L Myers	PDMR	5	5