Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3356C

De La Rue PLC

29 August 2008

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1. Name of Company

DE LA RUE PLC

2 & 3. Details of Transactions

NAME	TRANSACTION NOTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DR 3.1.4R
NAME	(1)(A) PDMR	(1)(B) DIRECTOR
LEO QUINN	YES	YES
STEPHEN KING	YES	YES
JANE VAN AMMEL	YES
LOUISE FLUKER	YES
ANDREW VAUGHAN	YES

4. State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the connected person

N/A

5. Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest.

N/A

6. Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares.

N/A

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

N/A

8. State the nature of the transaction.

N/A

9. Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired.

N/A

10. Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage).

N/A

11. Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares disposed.

N/A

12. Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage).

N/A

13. Price per share or value of transaction.

N/A

14. Date and place of transaction.

N/A

15. Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage).

N/A

16. Date issuer informed of transaction.

N/A

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer complete the following boxes

17. Date of Allocation.

26 JUNE 2008

1 AUGUST 2008

18. Period during which or date on which it can be exercised.

AWARDS WILL VEST ON 26 JUNE 2011

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

NIL

20. Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number).

26 JUNE 2008 - DETAILS OF AWARD GRANTED

	Deferred Allocation Ordinary Shares of 2916/21 each	Maximum Matching Allocation Ordinary Shares of 2916/21 each
LEO QUINN	28,894	57,788
STEPHEN KING	12,336	24,671
JANE VAN AMMEL	4,246	6,369
LOUISE FLUKER	5,228	7,843
ANDREW VAUGHAN	3,610	5,416

1 AUGUST 2008 - DETAILS OF DIVIDEND SHARES IN RESPECT OF AWARD GRANTED 26 JUNE 2008 ONLY

LEO QUINN	509	ORDINARY SHARES OF 2916/21 P EACH
STEPHEN KING	217	ORDINARY SHARES OF 2916/21 P EACH
JANE VAN AMMEL	74	ORDINARY SHARES OF 2916/21 P EACH
LOUISE FLUKER	92	ORDINARY SHARES OF 2916/21 P EACH
ANDREW VAUGHAN	63	ORDINARY SHARES OF 2916/21 P EACH

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

Deferred Allocation price of 908.5p

Deferred dividend allocation in shares based on share price of 843.00 pence.

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

LEO QUINN	667,704
STEPHEN KING	136,196
JANE VAN AMMEL	44,078
LOUISE FLUKER	55,519
ANDREW VAUGHAN	19,357

23. Any additional information.

The deferred allocation is under the De La Rue Deferred Bonus and Matching Share Plan ( the 'Plan'). The matching allocation of shares will be made at the vesting date subject to performance testing in accordance with the Rules of the Plan.

An additional award of shares will be released on the vesting date in respect of deferred shares released equal in value to the amount of dividends which would have been payable on the deferred shares over the performance period

Total options reported under 22 above inclusive of maximum matching shares which are subject to performance condition being met.

Allocations under this Plan were made to other eligible employees on 26 June 2008. The individuals referred to in disclosure 2 & 3 were initially not included as recipients of allocations. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board dated 28 August 2008 the Board concluded it would be appropriate to include them within the Plan on the same terms and conditions applicable to other recipients of allocations. Consequently the allocation price of £9.085 (Disclosure 21) applicable to allocations on 26 June 2008 has been applied rather than the mid-market price of £815.5 on 20 August 2008.

The Board also decided that the individuals should be eligible for an additional deferred allocation equal in value to the amount of dividends which would have been payable only on the deferred shares allocated on 26 June 2008 under the following payment of the interim dividend on 1 August 2008. (Detailed in table two of Disclosure 20).