Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 August 2004

Croda International Plc



Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10 August
2004, 10,463 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the Croda
International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 287.5p per share.  These
shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan deducted
from their July pay.  The directors, 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                       44                     44                    834                    834
B M Richmond                     44                     44                    834                    834






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