Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
9 August 2001



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

De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notification on 8
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 100,000 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 8 August 2001 in relation to the Trust
           are:

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

           8 August 2001         100,000                  510p


Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
3,600,000 Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker
Company Secretary


9 August 2001


Enquiries:          Louise Fluker, Company Secretary,   01256 605320