13th Nov 2007 16:25
Croda International PLC13 November 2007 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which ||voting rights are attached: |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Croda International Plc |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |Yes |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result |No ||in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are| ||attached | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |No |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|Other (please specify):______________ |No |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |AEGON UK Group of Companies ||notification obligation: | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | ||different from 3): | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on which|9 November 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: |13 November 2007 |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |2-3% ||reached: | |+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------++-----------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+--------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+|Class/type of |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ||shares |triggering transaction | |+--------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+|If possible | | ||use ISIN +------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-------------------+|code |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of || |shares |voting |shares |rights |voting rights || | |rights | +------------+----------+--------+----------+| | | | | | | | || | | | +------------+----------+--------+----------+| | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+--------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+--------+----------+|GB0002335270 | 3,639,421 | 3,639,421 | 4,793,158 | 4,630,458 | 162,700 | 3.40 | 0.12 |+--------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+--------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that may|Percentage ||financial |date |conversion |be acquired (if the |of voting ||instrument | |period/ |instrument exercised/ |rights || | |date |converted) | |+------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------+-----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+| 4,793,158 | 3.52 |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|AEGON Asset Management UK plc |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|AEGON Investment Management UK ltd. |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|AEGON ICVC |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+|10. Name of proxy holder: |AEGON UK Group of || |Companies |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | ||to hold: | |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | ||voting rights: | |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ +-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+|13. Additional |AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: ||information: | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| |AEGON Asset Management UK plc |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| |AEGON Investment Management UK ltd |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| |AEGON ICVC |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| |Number of Croda International Plc ordinary shares in issue, || |excluding shares held in treasury: 136,192,380 |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name:|Mrs D S Hill || | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+|15. Contact |01405 860551 ||telephone name: | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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