Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
18 November 2002

De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 18 November 2002 received a letter dated 18 November 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                         26,406,365                   Ordinary Shares



This represents 14.31% of the number of shares in issue.



Appendix A


SII Account               Nominee                               %                              Shareholding

GROUP                     Northern Trust Co                     3.61                              6,659,364
GTINV                     Northern Trust Co                     0.17                                310,925
LICRF                     Deutsche Bank                         0.17                                305,000
MOSER                     Mellon Trust                          0.59                              1,087,772
PATCH                     Northern Trust Co                     0.47                                873,096
SIEBT                     Northern Trust Co                     8.53                             15,735,950
TEXAS                     Northern Trust Co                     0.45                                822,035
TRUST                     Northern Trust Co                     0.33                                612,223
                                                                TOTAL                            26,406,365






Enquiries:


Mark Fearon              Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605303


18 November 2002




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