Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
07 March 2003


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 6 March 2003 received a letter dated 6 March 2003 from Schroder
Investment Management Limited giving notice that, pursuant to s198 Companies Act
(as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in Shares (Amendment) Regulations
1993, their interest in the Ordinary Shares of 25p each of the Company is as
follows:


'Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 28,354,973 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients
under investment management agreements.


Included in this figure are:


(i)    10,584,449 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee
       company, Schroder Nominees Limited (Schroder Nominees),


(ii)   5,807,876 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated and managed an affiliated company, Schroder Unit
       Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and


(iii)  11,962,648 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of Schroder Nominees or Chase
       Nominees Limited.  The registration details are shown on the Schedule below.


An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc (SIMNA
Inc), is managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further
1,050,000 shares.  These shares are registered or to be registered in the name
of Chase Nominees Limited.


Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 29,404,973 shares,
representing some 16.01% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
183,666,898.


Schedule


De La Rue plc - 25p Ordinary Shares

Registration                                                                                       Amount

Banque Nationale de Paris                                                                          11,044
Brown Brothers Harriman Va                                                                          2,337
Chase Nominees a/c: 03886                                                                         520,915
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                            607,778
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c R                                                                 490,392
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 756593                                                                   137,465
State Street Nominees Limited                                                                     133,100
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPMPS                                                                  180,281
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c LAUR                                                                        19,600
HSBC Bank International a/c 10096301                                                               95,500
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P                                                         1,056,742
State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57                                                            663,692
Morgan Nominees Ltd B a/c                                                                         412,970
Morgan Nominees Ltd A a/c                                                                          13,764
Morgan Nominees Ltd                                                                               565,615
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                                              182,071
Bank of New York                                                                                  286,000
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809803                                                                   133,717
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809797                                                                   346,034
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 831286                                                                 1,170,160
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 846435                                                                   436,551
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                                                160,057
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B                                                                   945,125
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                                       3,391,738

Total                                                                                          11,962,648


Enquiries:


Stephen King, Finance Director                        01256 605 321

Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs                01256 605 303

7 March 2003


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