Holding(s) in Company

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 in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):______________

No

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

See 13.

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

21 November 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 November 2008

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

Below 5%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0002335270

6,837,178

6,837,178

6,993,888

309,205

6,684,683

0.221

4.776

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,993,888

4.997

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

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:

Registered owner:

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 39364 154,723

The Bank of New York 

(Nominees) Ltd A/c 52401 81 23,634

Ameriprise Financial Inc 116,094

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 185,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 110,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 1,350,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 234,705

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 74,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 4,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 82,600

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 26,150

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 96,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 61,139

Roy Nominees A/c 104450 138,000

Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 

WWSF0004002  400,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 1,268,905

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 461,314

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 415,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 1,353,745

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 317,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 52,959

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348 66,920

Number of Croda International Plc ordinary shares in issue, excluding shares held in treasury: 136,192,380

14. Contact name:

Louise Scott

15. Contact telephone name:

01405 860551