Director/PDMR Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 November 2005

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10
November 2005, 7,860 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 452.75p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their October pay.  The directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility, as contributors to the plan, have acquired the
following interest in the shares:-


                                                                              Total Shares held in Plan
                         Partnership Shares      Matching Shares       Partnership Shares      Matching Shares


M Humphrey                       27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
B M Richmond                     27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
J R Ainger                       27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
D E Barraclough                  27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
K R Gregersen                    27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
K Layden                         27                     27                   1,355                  1,355
K M Nutbrown                     27                     27                   1,355                  1,355






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