Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
17 July 2002


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares


Disclosure of Interest in Shares - Companies Act 1985, Part VI

De La Rue plc has received on 16 July 2002 a letter dated 16 July 2002 from
AEGON Asset Management UK, giving notice that, following a purchase of shares in
the Company, the notifiable interest held within the AEGON UK plc Group of
Companies is 3.06%.

No of Ordinary Shares purchased:            594,334
Resultant Total:                          5,976,991
Held as follows:                          5,976,991     Chase Nominees Limited


For the purposes of the foregoing notification:


(a)  'The AEGON UK plc Group of Companies' means Scottish Equitable plc, 
     Scottish Equitable (Managed Funds) Limited, AEGON Fund Management UK ltd, 
     AEGON Investment Management UK ltd, AEGON Asset Management UK plc, Scottish 
     Equitable Trustees Limited, Guardian Assurance plc, Guardian Linked Life 
     Assurance Limited, Guardian Pensions Management Limited and Guardian Unit 
     Managers Limited, all having a place of business at Edinburgh Park, 
     Edinburgh EH12 9SE;

(b)  'the Act' shall mean the Companies Act 1985 and expressions used in this 
     notification shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same 
     meanings as set out in or adopted for the purposes of the Act;

(c)  'the Company' shall mean the company to whom the notification is addressed.



Enquiries:


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


17 July 2002

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