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De La Rue PLC 22 January 2003 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares The Company on 21 January 2003 received the following notification from Fidelity Investments dated 21 January 2003: Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act 1. Company in which shares are held: De La Rue plc 2. Notifiable interest: Ordinary shares FRM Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). 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) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), 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 FRM Corp. and 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 FRM Copr. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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 12,253 FMRCO Mellon Bank 10,747,233 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd 135,002 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London 314,000 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 4,678,000 FIL HSBC 607,600 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 169,935 FIL Northern Trust 262,670 FIL Deutsche Bank 22,000 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd 14,800 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels ________ 16,963,493 ________ The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is 16,963,493 which represents 9.19% of the number of shares in issue. Enquiries: Mark Fearon Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303 Louise Fluker General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311 22 January 2003 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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