RNS Number:5404O
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
11 August 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1. Name of company

IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC

2. Name of director

JOHN DAVID GIBSON MCADAM

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

JOHN DAVID GIBSON MCADAM

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)

AS PER TABLE BELOW

5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

N/A

6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

An award made under the ICI Performance Growth Plan. The director has been
granted awards over the number of Ordinary Shares set out in the table in (7).
The award, which was granted for nil consideration, takes the form of a right to
acquire Ordinary Shares conditional upon the satisfaction of certain targets
over a three-year performance period.


7. Number of shares / amount of stock awarded:

Name                                                   JOHN MCADAM
Number of shares awarded for target/median performance    29,535
Number of shares awarded for maximum performance          89,662

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

ZERO

10. Percentage of issued class

N/A

11. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF #1 EACH

12. Price per share

N/A

13. Date of transaction

11 AUGUST 2003

14. Date company informed

11 AUGUST 2003

15. Total holding following this notification

NAME                                  TOTAL HOLDING
JOHN MCADAM                           79,425

16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

NAME                               TOTAL PERCENTAGE
JOHN MCADAM                        0.0067%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

17. Date of grant

11 AUGUST 2003

18. Period during which or date on which exercisable

11 AUGUST 2006 TO 10 AUGUST 2013

19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

ZERO

20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

654,761 ORDINARY SHARES OF #1 EACH

21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
            
#1.68

22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification

1,638,156

23. Any additional information

N/A

24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

SCOTT IRVINE 020 7009 5258

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

SCOTT IRVINE, COMPANY SECRETARIAT MANAGER

Date of Notification

11 AUGUST 2003

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