Transaction in Own Shares

Croda International PLC
02 December 2004


                            Croda International PLC
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                             Purchase of own shares
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Croda International plc ('Croda') announces that it has today purchased its own
£0.10 ordinary shares for treasury via UBS Investment Bank.  This follows the
Board's stated intention at the beginning of the year to consider a capital
management programme and seek to return value to shareholders.

Croda is permitted to hold up to 10% of its equity in treasury. Croda intends to
buy shares back over the next 12 months, from time to time, subject to market
conditions being appropriate.  The share buyback will lower Croda's cost of
capital and enhance earnings per share.

Details of the buyback are as follows

Ordinary shares:

Date of purchase:                                     02 December 2004

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                  150,000

Highest price paid per share:                         317p

Lowest price paid per share:                          317p

Volume weighted average price per share:              317p


Following the purchase of these shares, Croda holds 150,000 of its ordinary
shares in treasury and has 136,118,844 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).


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