Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
6 August 2001

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


De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notifications on 3
and 6 August 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 75,000 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 3 and 6 August 2001 in relation to the Trust are:

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

     2nd August 2001                50,000                        510p
     3rd August 2001                25,000                        514p



Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
3,500,000 Ordinary Shares.





Louise Fluker
Company Secretary


6 August 2001







Enquiries:    Louise Fluker, Company Secretary,      01256 605320