Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1743W

Croda International PLC

23 July 2009

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various funds and institutional account clients
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	20 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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
ORD GBP 0.10 GB0002335270	9,511,428	9,511,428	7,219,521	7,219,521		5.30%

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

7,219,521

5.30%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Holdings as of 20 July 2009
Entity	Holding	Percentage
MFS Investment Management (MFS)	1,481,183	1.09%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc (MFSI)	138,070	0.10%
MFS International Ltd. (MIL)	967,659	0.71%
MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)	4,470,219	3.28%
MFS International Management K.K. (MIM K.K.)	162,390	0.12%

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