11th Sep 2007 09:46
Croda International PLC11 September 2007 Croda International Plc 11 September 2007 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 CrodaInternational Plc ("the Company") was notified on 11 September 2007, that thefollowing transactions took place in relation to the Croda International PlcShare Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 10 September 2007. The SIP is an all-employeetrust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees areable to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each, using deductions fromsalary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching freeordinary shares ("matching shares"). 1. The SIP trustee (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 5,836 ordinaryshares by purchase in the market on 10 September 2007 at a total cost of£38,462.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP aspartnership shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executivedirectors, were deemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, andto cease to be interested in them on allocation. 2. The SIP trustee (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) also acquired 5,836 ordinaryshares by purchase in the market on 10 September 2007 at a total cost of£38,462.15 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matchingshares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, weredeemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, and to cease to beinterested in them on allocation. 3. The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilitiespurchased the number of ordinary shares of 10p set out against their namesbelow, at a price of 652.5p per ordinary share, and were allocated for noconsideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below: Name Role Number of ordinary Number of matching shares purchased shares allocated M Humphrey Executive Director 20 20M S Christie Executive Director 19 19S E Foots PDMR 20 20D E Barraclough PDMR 20 20K Layden PDMR 20 20G L Myers PDMR 20 20K M Nutbrown PDMR 20 20A L Scott PDMR 19 19 This notification is made in order to satisfy both section 324 of the CompaniesAct 1985 and Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2. Louise ScottCompany Secretary and Legal CounselCroda International Plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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