Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Croda International Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

P

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Partners Holdings LP, and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

State Street Bank, Bank of New York, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, Fifth Third, JPMorgan Chase, CIBC Mellon, Fidelity, Brown Brothers Harriman, Pictet & Cie, and Bank of America

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

25 September 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 September 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

Below 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares of 10p each

GB0002335270

7,146,879

5.26%

6,767,520

4.98%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,767,520

4.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC ("Artisan LLC"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Artisan Partners Holdings LP ("Artisan Holdings") is the sole member of Artisan LLC, and is the sole limited partner of APLP. Control of Artisan Holdings is vested in its general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. ("APAM"), organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

APAM is a publicly traded Company and has in issue three classes of common stock as well as preferred stock. No single undertaking is now in control of APAM.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Number of Croda International Plc ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury: 135,935,161

14. Contact name:

 Tom Brophy

15. Contact telephone number:

 01405 860551