Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
14 August 2003


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 14 August 2003 received the following notification from Fidelity
Investments dated 13 August 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

           FMR 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 FMR 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 and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
       indicate that FMR Corp. 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
      50,459    FMRCO                 Mellon Bank
  15,294,914    FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
     369,503    FISL                  Chase Manhattan Bank London
     329,418    FPM                   Chase Nominees Ltd
     908,196    FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
     601,238    FIL                   Northern Trust
      70,700    FIL                   Deutsche Bank
      61,800    FIL                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
     159,100    FIL                   Bank of New York, Brussels
     561,777    FIL                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited

  18,407,105
                              

The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
18,407,105 which represents 10.12% of the number of shares in issue.


Enquiries:

Louise Fluker        Company Secretary                    01256 605311
Stephen King         Group Finance Director               01256 605321

14 August 2003



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