Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
15 November 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 14 November 2002 a letter dated 14 November 2002
from AEGON Asset Management UK, giving notice that, following a disposal of
shares in the Company, the AEGON UK plc Group of Companies no longer has a
notifiable interest in the Company:

Disposals

240,255 (Ordinary) Shares in the name of Chase Nominees Ltd.

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:


David Finnett, Group Financial Controller                    01256 605310
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs                       01256 605303





15 November 2002






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