Croda International PLC

Report Publication Announcement • Mar 22, 2013

Croda International Plc Cowick Hall Snaith Goole East Yorkshire DN14 9AA England Tel +44 (0)1405 860551 Fax +44 (0)1405 861767

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

If you are in any doubt about the action you should take, you are recommended to consult your stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, bank manager or other independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom, or from another appropriate independent financial adviser if you are resident in any territory outside the United Kingdom.

If you have sold or transferred all of your ordinary shares in Croda International Plc ("Croda" or "the Company"), please send this document as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee, or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale was effected, for onward transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

This document does not contain sufficient information to allow you to gain an understanding of the proposals contained in the shareholder documents published online and should not be regarded as a substitute for reading the shareholder documents or relied upon as the basis on which to make decisions. It is recommended that you read the shareholder documents carefully before taking any action.

22 March 2013

Dear Shareholder

Croda International Plc 2012 Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Sustainability Report

Please accept this letter as notification that Croda's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 and Notice of Annual General Meeting together with the 2012 Sustainability Report have now been published on the Company's website. To review the documents in detail, please visit the Croda website, www.croda.com.

The Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held at Carlton Towers, Carlton, Goole, East Yorkshire DN14 9LZ on Thursday, 25 April 2013 at 12 noon. If you are unable to attend the AGM but would like to vote, please use the enclosed proxy form or submit your proxy form electronically by accessing the shareholder portal at www.capitashareportal.com, logging in and selecting the "Proxy Voting" link. You will require your username and password in order to log in and vote. If you have forgotten your username or password you can request a reminder via the shareholder portal. If you have not previously registered to use the portal you will require your investor code ("IVC") which can be found on the enclosed form of proxy.

This communication has been sent to certain beneficial owners of shares that have been nominated by their registered holders of shares to enjoy information rights in accordance with section 146 of the Companies Act 2006. Such persons are advised that, in order to vote at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, they must issue an instruction to the registered holder of their shares. The Company may only accept instructions from registered holders of its shares and it would therefore be unable to act upon any instructions received from nominated persons.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for agreeing to receive shareholder communications via our website rather than in paper form, as this will contribute to cost savings for the Company and will minimise unnecessary paper usage but you currently receive this letter notifying you when information is available on our website. If you want to help us save more paper and get your shareholder information more quickly, why not sign up to receive this notification by email? You can do this by registering at www.capitashareportal.com; you will require your investor code ("IVC") which can be found on the enclosed form of proxy. Once registered you will be able to view your holdings details and get an indicative value of your holding, view your dividend history, change your address and more.

If, however, you would prefer to receive future notifications as printed documents, please contact our registrars via:

• • E-mail at ssd@capitaregistrars.com; or
• • Post at Freepost RLYX-GZTU-KRRG, SAS, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 9ZA; or
• • Telephone on 0871 664 0300 (calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras; lines are open 9.00am to 5.30pm, Mon-Fri); or
• • Online at www.capitashareportal.com where you can also register to manage your shareholding online. To register you will require your IVC.

Yours sincerely

Tom Brophy Company Secretary