Croda International plc 5.9% Cumulative Preference Shares GBP1

Croda International Plc is a United Kingdom-based specialty chemicals company. The Company uses its smart science to create high performance ingredients and technologies that improve people's lives. Its sales, marketing and research activities are organized into three global market sectors: consumer care, life sciences and industrial specialties. Its consumer care sector's business units comprise beauty actives, fragrances and flavors, beauty care, and home care. It a has large actives portfolio across two ranges: Sederma Actives and Croda Botanicals. The beauty care delivers differentiated ingredients across skin, hair and solar care. The Company's life sciences sector's business units comprise agriculture (crop protection and seed enhancement) and pharma. The crop protection unit offers ingredients that improve performance and delivery of crop formulations. The pharma comprises three technology platforms: protein/small molecule delivery; adjuvant systems, and nucleic acid delivery.