11th Apr 2007 13:40
Croda International PLC11 April 2007 Croda International Plc 11 April 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 April 2007, that thefollowing transactions took place in relation to the Croda International PlcShare Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 10 April 2007. 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 (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) acquired 5,801 ordinaryshares by purchase in the market on 10 April 2007 at a total cost of £39,081.07and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as partnership shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, were deemedto become interested in these shares on acquisition, and to cease to beinterested in them on allocation. 2. The SIP trustee (Capita AESOP Trustees Limited) also acquired 5,801 ordinaryshares by purchase in the market on 10 April 2007 at a total cost of £39,081.07and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares. Michael Humphrey and Michael Sean Christie, as executive directors, were deemedto 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 667p 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 Number of matching shares purchased |allocated |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|M Humphrey |Executive Director|19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|S E Foots |PDMR |19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|D E Barraclough|PDMR |19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|K Layden |PDMR |19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|G L Myers |PDMR |19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|K M Nutbrown |PDMR |19 |19 |+---------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+|A 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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