17th Nov 2005 17:30
Croda International PLC17 November 2005 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: 17 November 2005Number of ordinary shares purchased: 200,000Highest price paid per share: 465pLowest price paid per share: 465pVolume weighted average price per share: 465p Croda intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Croda holds 6,922,589 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 129,346,255 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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