Croda International Regulatory News (CRDA)

8 Mar 2005 18:29

Croda International PLC08 March 2005 Croda International PLC -------------------------------------------- Purchase of own shares -------------------------------------------- Croda International PLC ("Croda") announces that it has purchased the followingnumber of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each on the London Stock Exchange viaMerrill Lynch International. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 8 March 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 100,000 Highest price paid per share: 373p Lowest price paid per share: 373p Volume weighted average price per share: 373p Croda intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Croda holds 2,385,284 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 133,883,560 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange