Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC 10 September 2002 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares The Company on 9 September 2002 received the following notification from Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 6 September 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), 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 3,379,188 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd 4,678,000 FIL HSBC 219,000 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd ________ 8,276,188 ________ The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is 8,276,188 which represents 4.38% of the number of shares in issue. Enquiries: Louise Fluker Company Secretary 01256 605311 Mark Fearon Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303 10 September 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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