Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
10 December 2004

Croda International Plc

Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10
December 2004, 10,042 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 324p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their November 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              39                  39                1,001                  1,001
B M Richmond            39                  39                1,001                  1,001



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