Holding(s) in Company

Croda International PLC
20 September 2006


                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                    

 

1. Name of company

 
Croda International Plc                                                         

 

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

 
Schroder Investment Management Limited                                          

 

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

 
Shares held in portfolios managed by Schroder Investment Management Limited and 
Schroder & Co Limited on a discretionary basis for clients under investment     
management agreements.                                                          

 

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

 
Schroder Nominees Limited 3,398,281                                             
Chase Nominees Limited 6,857,612                                                
Brown Brothers Harriman 180,655                                                 
BNP Paribas Security Service 44,500                                             
Citi Bank 615,200                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 809955 155,000                         
JP Morgan Bank SA 577,786                                                       
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 771401 101,252                         
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 306,850                                            
Mellon Trust 236,930                                                            
Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,371,860                                             
Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c SRC13 44,114                                      
Nutraco Nominees Ltd 65,000                                                     
Pictet & Cie 544,906                                                            
State Street Nominees Limited 540,678                                           
State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57 218,250                                  

 

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

 
                                                                                

 

6. Percentage of issued class

 
                                                                                

 

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

8. Percentage of issued class

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

9. Class of security

 
Ordinary shares of 10p each                                                     

 

10. Date of transaction

 
Not disclosed                                                                   

 

11. Date company informed

 
19 September 2006                                                               

 

12. Total holding following this notification

 
16,258,874  

 

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

 
11.938% 
 

14. Any additional information

 
Number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury:          
136,192,380                                                                     

 

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

 
Mrs A M McIntyre - 01405 863260                                                 

 

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

 
Mrs A M McIntyre                                                                

 

Date of notification

 
20 September 2006                                                               

 

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