Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
27 February 2002


Croda International Plc

Croda International Plc announces that the Trustee of the Croda International
Plc Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') acquired on 27 February 2002 310,000
ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the Trust at a price of
237.42p per share.  It is intended that these shares will be used to satisfy
exercises of options under the company's Executive Option Scheme in respect of
employees and directors.  The directors, in their capacity as potential
beneficiaries under the Trust, are deemed to have acquired an interest in
these shares.  Directors of Croda have options over such shares as follows:

Name               No. of shares

M Humphrey         485,500
B M Richmond       278,200

Following this transaction 3,549,800 ordinary shares are held by the Trustee.


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