Holding in Company

De La Rue PLC
9 October 2000


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 9 October 2000 received a letter dated 6 October 2000 from
Silchester International Investors Limited giving notice that, pursuant to
S198 Companies Act (as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in Shares
(Amendment) Regulations 1993, recent purchases of shares in the Company by
Silchester, on behalf of its clients (see Appendix A), have resulted in
Silchester having control over the following shares:

SILCHESTER            19,614,179             Ordinary Shares

This represents 10.2% of the number of shares in issue.

APPENDIX A

Sll Account  Nominee                %      Shareholding
GROUP        Northern Trust Co      2.71   5,192,524
GTINV        Northern Trust Co      0.15     279,925
LICRF        Bankers Trust          0.22     418,700
MOSER        Bankers Trust          0.64   1,234,772
PATCH        Northern Trust Co      0.30     572,096
SBC          Mellon Trust           0.29     554,650
SIEBT        Northern Trust Co      5.05   9,698,880
SOLAR        Daiwa Eurpoe Bank      0.15     290,720
TEXAS        Northern Trust Co      0.32     607,035
TRUST        Bank of Bermuda        0.17     322,059
VITAL        Northern Trust Co      0.23     442,818
                                          ----------
                        TOTAL             19,614,179

Enquiries: Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director        01256 605321
           Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs     01256 605303    

9 October 2000