Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
31 July 2001


DE LA RUE PLC - CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS


De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notification on 30
July 2001 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 that the
Trustee of the De La Rue Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the Trust') has
purchased 50,000 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each (Ordinary
Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by Allied Trust Company Limited as
Trustee of the Trust.

The Trust was established by De La Rue plc for the benefit of employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries in conjunction with the Company's Executive Share
Option Scheme ('ESOS') and Share Price Improvement Plan ('SPIP').

1.   Executive Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are:

     Mr I F R Much

     Mr P R Hollingworth

2.   Transactions notified on 30 July 2001 in relation to the Trust are:

     Date of Transaction      No. of Shares Purchased      Purchase Price per
                                                           Ordinary Share

     27 July 2001             50,000                       497p



Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
3,350,000 Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker
Company Secretary

30 July 2001


Enquiries:         Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director,       01256 605321

                   Louise Fluker, Company Secretary,          01256 605320