Croda International Plc
14 June 2011
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), I hereby inform you that Croda International Plc ("the Company") was notified on 14 June 2011, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 10 June 2011. The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each, using deductions from salary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").
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The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) acquired 2,989 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 June 2011 at a total cost of £58,902.005 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares.
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The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) also acquired 2,989 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 June 2011 at a total cost of £58,902.005 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares.
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The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 10p set out against their names below, at a price of 1954p per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below.
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In addition, some of the persons named in the table below opted to reinvest their dividend payment in the SIP. The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) therefore also acquired 158 ordinary shares by purchase in the market at a price of 1953.48p on 10 June 2011 at a total cost of £3,112.89 on their behalf: |
Name |
Role
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Number of ordinary shares purchased |
Number of matching shares allocated |
Number of ordinary shares purchased via dividend reinvestment |
M Humphrey |
Executive Director |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
M S Christie |
Executive Director |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
S E Foots |
Executive Director |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
D E Barraclough |
PDMR |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
K Layden |
PDMR |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
G L Myers |
PDMR |
6 |
6 |
67 |
K M Nutbrown |
PDMR |
6 |
6 |
66 |
A L Scott |
PDMR |
6 |
6 |
25 |
This notification is made in order to satisfy both section 793 of the Companies Act 2006 and Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2.
Louise Scott
Company Secretary and Legal Counsel
Croda International Plc