Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0212D

Croda International PLC

09 September 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3):	Nortrust Nominee Ltd a/c MHF01	29,244
	Nortrust Nominee Ltd a/c MKK01	4,750,000
	Nortrust Nominee Ltd a/c MKM01	340,000
	Nortrust Noms Ltd a/c PUQ01	410,000
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	321,586
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	1,016,390
5. Date of transaction (and date on which  the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	5 September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 September 2008
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
GB0002335270 ORD GBP 0.10	Below 5%	Below 5%	6,867,220	6,867,220		5.04%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,867,200	5.04%

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

Prudential plc (parent company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

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:	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 number:	01405 860551

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