Croda International Regulatory News (CRDA)

25 Jan 2005 17:20

Croda International PLC25 January 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: 25 January 2005Number of ordinary shares purchased: 100,000Highest price paid per share: 329.5pLowest price paid per share: 329.5pVolume weighted average price per share: 329.5p Croda intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Croda holds 2,185,284 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 134,083,560 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange