28th Feb 2006 17:18
Croda International PLC28 February 2006 Croda International PLC -------------------------------------------- Purchase of own shares -------------------------------------------- Croda International PLC ("Croda") announces that it has purchased the followingnumber of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each on the London Stock Exchange viaMerrill Lynch International. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 28 February 2006Number of ordinary shares purchased: 2,950,000Highest price paid per share: 492pLowest price paid per share: 492pVolume weighted average price per share: 492p Croda intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Croda holds 11,122,589 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 125,146,255 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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