Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

De La Rue PLC
27 March 2000

De La Rue plc - Continuing Obligations - Paragraph 13

De La Rue plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 27
March 2000 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 1,403,860 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each
(Ordinary Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by the Royal Bank of
Scotland Trust Company (Guernsey) 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 and operates in conjunction with the Company's
Executive Share Option Scheme ('ESOS')and Share Price Improvement Plan
('SPIP'). The Trustee holds the Ordinary Shares to satisfy existing options
which have already been granted under the ESOS and the SPIP.

1.       Executive directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are 
         listed below:

         Mr I F R Much
         Mr P R Hollingworth

2.       Transactions notified on 27 March 2000 in relation to the Trust are:

              Date of             No of            Purchase Price   
            Transaction       Shares Purchased    of Ordinary Shares
              20.03.00          100,858               299.97p
              21.03.00          600,000               299.73p
              22.03.00          703,002               300.00p
             
Following the transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to 2,100,000
Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker
Company Secretary

27 March 2000


Enquiries: Louise Fluker, Company Secretary       01256 605320
           Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director    01256 605321
           Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303