14th Feb 2007 16:55
Croda International PLC14 February 2007 Croda International Plc 14 February 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 Croda International Plc ("the Company") was notified on 14 February 2007, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Croda International Plc Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 12 February 2007 and 14 February 2007. 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 AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 6,131 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 12 February 2007 at a total cost of £38,084.65 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, were deemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, and to cease to be interested in them on allocation. 2. The SIP trustee (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 6,131 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 14 February 2007 at a total cost of £38,208.50 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, were deemed to become interested in these shares on acquisition, and to cease to be interested in them on allocation. 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 615p 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|20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|S E Foots |PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|D E Barraclough|PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|K Layden |PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|G L Myers |PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|K M Nutbrown |PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|A L Scott |PDMR |20 |20 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ This notification is made in order to satisfy both section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure 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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