Director Shareholding

Croda International PLC
13 January 2004

Croda International Plc

Croda announces that Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited acquired on 12
January 2004, 9,880 ordinary shares in the company for the purposes of the Croda
International Plc Share Incentive Plan at a price of 265p per share.  These
shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan deducted
from their December 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                       47                     47                    517                    517
B M Richmond                     47                     47                    517                    517



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