Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4967F

De La Rue PLC

13 January 2010

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 INACCORDANCE WITH DR 3.1.2R
NAME	(1)(A) PDMR	(1)(B) DIRECTOR
JAMES HUSSEY	YES	YES
SIMON WEBB	YES	YES
CONSTANCE BAROUDEL	YES	-
KEITH BROWN	YES	-
KEVIN FREEGUARD	YES	-
JONATHAN GARSIDE	YES	-
MARK JEFFERY	YES	-
ANDY KEMP	YES	-
EDWARD PEPPIATT	YES	-
JAMES THORBURN	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.

13 JANUARY 2010

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

AWARDS WILL NORMALLY VEST ON 6 JUNE 2010, 17 SEPTEMBER 2010, 26 JUNE 2011, 26 AUGUST 2011 AND 5 JUNE 2012 RESPECTIVELY

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

NIL

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

NAME	ORDINARY SHARES OF 44152/175 P EACH
JAMES HUSSEY	452
SIMON WEBB	132
CONSTANCE BAROUDEL	44
KEITH BROWN	168
KEVIN FREEGUARD	151
JONATHAN GARSIDE	165
MARK JEFFERY	145
ANDY KEMP	54
EDWARD PEPPIATT	71
JAMES THORBURN	159

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

Deferred dividend allocation in shares based on share price of 979.00 pence per share.

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

NAME	ORDINARY SHARES OF 44152/175 P EACH
JAMES HUSSEY	96,819
SIMON WEBB	23,318
CONSTANCE BAROUDEL	46,416
KEITH BROWN	28,490
KEVIN FREEGUARD	26,842
JONATHAN GARSIDE	30,713
MARK JEFFERY	27,279
ANDY KEMP	9,622
EDWARD PEPPIATT	14,481
JAMES THORBURN	25,926

23. Any additional information.

Total options reported under 22 above are inclusive of maximum matching shares which are subject to a performance condition being met. Disclosures under 20 above relate to additional deferred allocations equal in value to the amount of dividends which would have been payable on the deferred share allocation over the performance period under the De La Rue Deferred Bonus and Matching Share Plan following payment on 13 January 2010 of the interim dividend for the year ended 27 March 2010.