Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8331I

Croda International PLC

24 November 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Croda International Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):______________		No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See 13.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002335270	6,837,178	6,837,178	6,993,888	309,205	6,684,683	0.221	4.776

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,993,888	4.997
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Registered owner: Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 39364    154,723 The Bank of New York  (Nominees) Ltd            A/c 52401 81        23,634 Ameriprise Financial Inc                         116,094 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 03449    185,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 05577    110,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 05576 1,350,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 27642    234,705 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 07197      74,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10479        4,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 07203      82,600 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 21667      26,150 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 34789      96,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 07196      61,139 Roy Nominees                   A/c 104450   138,000 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd    A/c                                     WWSF0004002   400,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10491  1,268,905 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10488     461,314 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10495     415,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10489  1,353,745 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 10490     317,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 30337      52,959 Littledown Nominees Ltd    A/c 31348      66,920 Number of Croda International Plc ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury: 136,192,380
14. Contact name:	Louise Scott
15. Contact telephone name:	01405 860551

 

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