13th Jun 2006 12:26
Croda International PLC13 June 2006 Croda International Plc 13 June 2006 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 13 June 2006, that thefollowing transactions took place in relation to the Croda International PlcShare Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 12 June 2006. The SIP is an all-employee trustarrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are ableto buy ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each, using deductions from salary in each monthly pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinaryshares ("matching shares"). 1. The SIP trustee (Abbey National AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 9,020ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 12 June 2006 at a total cost of£37,330.97, 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 following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilitiespurchased the number of ordinary shares of 10p set out against their namesbelow, at a price of 409.75p 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 Number of matching shares purchased shares allocated M Humphrey Executive Director 30 30 D E Barraclough PDMR 30 30 K Layden PDMR 30 30 K M Nutbrown PDMR 30 30 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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