Disposal Completed, etc.

DE LA RUE PLC
1 October 1999

                           
          COMPLETION OF CARD BUSINESS DISPOSAL
                            
De  La  Rue  plc  has today completed  the  £200  million
disposal  of  the  card activities of  its  Card  Systems
division  to  Francois-Charles  Oberthur  Fiduciaire   of
France.

As   previously  announced  on  31  August  1999,  having
successfully  completed  the disposal,  Kevin  Loosemore,
Managing  Director  of the Card Systems  division  and  a
Board director of De La Rue plc will leave the company on
31 October 1999.

Commenting  on  Kevin  Loosemore's departure,  Ian  Much,
Chief  Executive, said: 'I have greatly  enjoyed  working
with  Kevin in the short time that we have been together,
and  value the contribution he has made to De La Rue  and
the   part  he  played  in  the  disposal  of  the  Cards
business.'

A  further  announcement  will  be  made  in  due  course
regarding the proposed return of capital of not less than
£100 million (44 pence per share).

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