Director/PDMR Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 September 2007


Croda International Plc

11 September 2007

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 September 2007, that the
following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc
Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') on 10 September 2007. 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 AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 5,836 ordinary
shares by purchase in the market on 10  September 2007 at a total cost of
£38,462.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as
partnership shares.  Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive
directors, were deemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, and
to cease to be interested in them on allocation.

2. The SIP trustee (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) also acquired 5,836 ordinary
shares by purchase in the market on 10  September 2007 at a total cost of
£38,462.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching
shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, were
deemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, and to cease to be
interested in them on allocation.

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 652.5p 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  Number of matching 
                                        shares purchased    shares allocated

M Humphrey        Executive Director    20                  20
M S Christie      Executive Director    19                  19
S E Foots         PDMR                  20                  20
D E Barraclough   PDMR                  20                  20
K Layden          PDMR                  20                  20
G L Myers         PDMR                  20                  20
K M Nutbrown      PDMR                  20                  20
A L Scott         PDMR                  19                  19

This notification is made in order to satisfy both section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985 and Disclosure and  Transparency Rule 3.1.2.



Louise Scott
Company Secretary and Legal Counsel
Croda International Plc








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