Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
25 July 2002



De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 25 July 2002 received a letter dated 24 July 2002 from Silchester
International Investors Limited ('Silchester') 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                         23,388,343                    Ordinary Shares

This represents 12.05% of the number of shares in issue.



Appendix A

SII Account               Nominee                               %                              Shareholding
GROUP                     Northern Trust Co                     2.88                              5,590,524
GTINV                     Northern Trust Co                     0.14                                279,925
LICRF                     Deutsche Bank                         0.15                                283,000
MOSER                     Mellon Trust                          0.51                                990,772
PATCH                     Northern Trust Co                     0.39                                760,096
SIEBT                     Northern Trust Co                     6.89                             13,377,230
SOLAR                     Daiwa Europe Bank                     0.13                                260,720
TEXAS                     Northern Trust Co                     0.40                                773,035
TRUST                     Northern Trust Co                     0.28                                541,223
VITAL                     Northern Trust Co                     0.28                                531,818
                                                                TOTAL                            23,388,343




Enquiries:
Louise Fluker                       Company Secretary                   01256 605311
Mark Fearon                         Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605303

25 July 2002





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