Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
28 January 2002


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 28 January 2002 received the following notification from Fidelity
International Limited (FIL) dated 25 January 2002:


Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies 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), 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
           Companies Act 1985.


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
4,395,348       FISL                          Chase Nominees Ltd
37,200          FPM                           Bankers Trust
9,600           FPM                           Citibank
25,100          FPM                           Chase Nominees Ltd
19,000          FPM                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
54,755          FPM                           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
2,128,331       FIL                           HSBC
561,285         FIL                           Chase Nominees Ltd
41,246          FIL                           Bankers Trust
5,500           FIL                           MSS Nominees Ltd
37,300          FIL                           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
20,100          FIL                           State Street Nominees Ltd
44,100          FIL                           RBS Trust Bank
192,200         FIL                           Northern Trust
31,900          FIL                           Bank of New York Europe
53,700          FIL                           Citibank

________
7,656,665
________



The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
7,656,665 which represents 3.94% of the number of shares in issue.



Enquiries:      Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director              01256 605 321

                Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605 303


28 January 2002


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