Director/PDMR Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
03 August 2006


De La Rue plc's Directors' Interests

De La Rue plc (the 'Company') was notified today, 3 August 2006, that the De La
Rue Qualifying Employee Share Ownership (the 'Trust') on 3 August 2006
transferred 6723 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 208,892, 0.1257% 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.

3 August 2006


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


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