Director/PDMR Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
04 September 2006



De La Rue plc's Directors' Interests


De La Rue plc (the 'Company') was notified today, 4 September 2006, that the De
La Rue Qualifying Employee Share Ownership (the 'Trust') on 30 August 2006
transferred 1,822 shares of 277/9p each in the Company pursuant to the exercise
of options under the De La Rue Sharesave Scheme. The number of De La Rue plc
shares now held by the Trust is 200,253, 0.1229% of the issued share capital.

Following the above transaction Mr L M Quinn, Chief Executive and Mr S A King,
Group Finance Director, have an interest in the balance held by the Trust as
potential beneficiaries of the Trust although neither is participating in the
exercise of options referred to above.


4 September 2006


Enquiries:     Louise Fluker, Company Secretary               01256 605 311
               Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs         01256 605 303



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