Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
13 April 2004


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 13 April 2004 received the following notification from Fidelity
Investments dated 12 April 2004:

Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act


1.  Company in which shares are held: De La Rue plc

2.  Notifiable interest: Ordinary shares

    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 Fidelity International Limited.

4.  The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised 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 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
------------- --------------------  -------------------------
  8,565,572   FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
    438,332   FPM                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
    319,727   FPM                   Chase Nominees Ltd
    611,838   FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
    129,624   FIL                   Northern Trust
      3,061   FIL                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
    531,523   FIL                   State Street Bank & Trust

-------------                     
 10,599,677
-------------                      


The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
10,599,677 which represents 5.79% of the number of shares in issue.



Enquiries:

Louise Fluker      General Counsel and Company Secretary       01256 605311
Mark Fearon        Head of Corporate Affairs                   01256 605308


13 April 2004



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