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Croda International Plc
13 December 2010
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 13 December 2010, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 10 December 2010. 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").
1. | The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) acquired 3,656 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 December 2010 at a total cost of £56,302.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares.
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2. | The SIP trustee (Capita IRG Trustees Limited) also acquired 3,656 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 10 December 2010 at a total cost of £56,302.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares.
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3. | 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 1527p per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below: |
Name | Role
| Number of ordinary shares purchased | Number of matching shares allocated |
M Humphrey | Executive Director | 9 | 9 |
M S Christie | Executive Director | 8 | 8 |
S E Foots | Executive Director | 9 | 9 |
D E Barraclough | PDMR | 9 | 9 |
K Layden | PDMR | 9 | 9 |
G L Myers | PDMR | 9 | 9 |
K M Nutbrown | PDMR | 9 | 9 |
A L Scott | PDMR | 8 | 8 |
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