Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
11 December 2003

Croda International Plc

Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 10
December 2003, 10,916 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the
Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 256p per share.
These shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan
deducted from their November pay.  The directors, as contributors to the plan,
have acquired the following interest in the shares:-

                                                                              Total Shares held in Plan
                         Partnership Shares      Matching Shares       Partnership Shares      Matching Shares

M Humphrey                       49                     49                    470                    470
B M Richmond                     49                     49                    470                    470



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