Holding in Company

De La Rue PLC
10 January 2002

De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares



The Company on 9 January 2002 received the following notification from
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 9 January 2002:



Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act 1985 ('The Act')


1. Company in which shares are held:    De La Rue plc


2. Notifiable interest:    Ordinary shares


   Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
   PO Box HM 670
   Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda


   Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
   including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Pension
   Management (FPM), and investment managers for various non-US investment
   companies and institutional clients.  (See Schedule A for listing of
   Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)


3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:


   Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
   82 Devonshire Street
   Boston, MA 02109


   Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.


4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
   trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
   pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Act.


5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
   purposes of clarity.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that
   Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or
   Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
   disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications
   on a joint basis.


6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A


Shares held    Management Company     Nominee/Registered Name
5,144,248      FISL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
179,600        FPM                    Bankers Trust
46,500         FPM                    Citibank
121,800        FPM                    Chase Nominees Ltd
91,800         FPM                    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
262,400        FPM                    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
2,128,331      FIL                    HSBC
614,297        FIL                    Chase Nominees Ltd
55,846         FIL                    Bankers Trust
26,800         FIL                    MSS Nominees Ltd
181,500        FIL                    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
96,700         FIL                    State Street Nominees Ltd
213,800        FIL                    RBS Trust Bank
322,300        FIL                    Northern Trust
153,100        FIL                    Bank of New York Europe
53,700         FIL                    Citibank

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9,692,722
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The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
9,692,722 which represents 4.99% of the number of shares in issue.



Enquiries:      Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director              01256 605 321

                Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605 303



10 January 2002