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De La Rue PLC 09 July 2004 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares De La Rue plc ('the Company') on 9 July 2004 received a letter dated 9 July 2004 from Barclays PLC giving notice that, in compliance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985, its interest in the Ordinary Shares of 25p each of the Company is as follows: As at 9 July 2004, Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 18,397,946 Ordinary Shares of 25p each, representing 10.05% of the issued share capital of 183,158,658 shares. Legal Entity Holding Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 83,375 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 603,807 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 283 Gerrard Ltd 12,687 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 278,353 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 75,549 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 17,550 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,364,457 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 8,536,124 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 366,205 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 5,487 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,867,774 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 186,295 Total 18,397,946 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation ABBEY2TTL-830763-VIDACOS NOMIN ABBEY2TT 142,658 ABBEYUTTL-6010782807-VIDACOS N ABBEYUTT 30,575 ABPEURUKQ-872482-MELLON NOMINE ABPEURUK 567,505 ALEXITTTL-28166-CHASE NOMINEES ALEXITTT 584,786 ALMLUFTTL-18409-CHASE MANHATTA ALMLUFTT 97,878 AP1FNDTTL-6003111113-CITIBANK AP1FNDTT 18,201 AP2EURUKQ-VE4J-STATE STREET NO AP2EURUK 111,451 ASTEXMTTL-21359-CHASE NOMINEES ASTEXMTT 131,382 ASUKEXTTL-20947-CHASE MANHATTA ASUKEXTT 6,596,463 AXATRKTTL-845315-MIDLAND BANK AXATRKTT 3,754 B2350FTTL-19499-CHASE MANHATTA B2350FTT 17,801 Bank of Ireland BNX009IE 32,344 Barclays Trust Co & Others 5,487 Barclayshare Nominees Limited 283 BARGRGTTL-20717-CHASE MANHATTA BARGRGTT 8,331 BDUKEQTTL-N3YZ-STATE STREET BDUKEQTT 9,277 BLENTFUKQ-16344-CHASE MANHATTA BLENTFUK 29,192 BLENTPUKQ-16345-CHASE MANHATTA BLENTPUK 54,945 BLEQFDUKQ-16331-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQFDUK 49,237 BLEQPTUEA-16341-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQPTUE 98,194 BLEQPTUKQ-16341-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQPTUK 134,637 BLFEDRTTL-28269-CHASE NOMINEES BLFEDRTT 18,870 BLFEPDTTL-28270-CHASE NOMINEES BLFEPDTT 38,903 BLFEPDUKQ-28270-CHASE NOMINEES BLFEPDUK 51,279 BLUKINTTL-16400-CHASE MANHATTA BLUKINTT 1,609,720 BNP PARIBAS 601165 23,638 BRKSPFTTL-813168-MIDLAND BANK BRKSPFTT 142,556 BUCAPTUEA-19503-CHASE MANHATTA BUCAPTUE 41,999 BUCAPTUKQ-19503-CHASE MANHATTA BUCAPTUK 22,518 BUDISTUKA-19514-CHASE MANHATTA BUDISTUK 16,654 BUEXINTTL-19520-CHASE MANHATTA BUEXINTT 125,842 BUFIVE350-19508-CHASE MANHATTA BUFIVE35 83,166 BUGENRTTL-19507-CHASE MANHATTA BUGENRTT 62,822 BUGENRUEA-19507-CHASE MANHATTA BUGENRUE 47,920 BUINCM350-19505-CHASE MANHATTA BUINCM35 37,828 BUINCMTTL-19505-CHASE MANHATTA BUINCMTT 31,788 BUINVFTTL-19518-CHASE MANHATTA BUINVFTT 25,646 BUKEQUTTL-N3B6-STATE STREET BUKEQUTT 86,078 BUSPCSUKQ-19519-CHASE MANHATTA BUSPCSUK 164,868 BUTRSFTTL-19512-CHASE MANHATTA BUTRSFTT 6,520 BZIGBPTTL-1472368-BANK OF IREL BZIGBPTT 91,899 CAAPENTTL-CVS21-NORTHERN TRUST CAAPENTT 159,762 CEULIPTTL-367748-BANK OF NEW Y CEULIPTT 581,333 CHATRKTTL-16376-CHASE MANHATTA CHATRKTT 100,681 CHRSTHUKX-16621-CHASE MANHATTA CHRSTHUK 12,819 CHUCOMTTL-31961-CHASE NOMINEES CHUCOMTT 39,872 CLTWORTTL-392177-BANK OF NEW Y CLTWORTT 27,580 COLEMXTTL-6010064440-CITIBANK COLEMXTT 29,660 COUEUKTTL-392067-BANK OF NEW Y COUEUKTT 666,073 DENTSTUKA-16644-CHASE MANHATTA DENTSTUK 53,381 DUNSWRUKA-16612-CHASE MANHATTA DUNSWRUK 44,127 DYFEDXUKA-772823-MIDLAND BANK DYFEDXUK 163,907 FFP350TTL-221476-BNY (OCS) NOM FFP350TT 39,761 FFPONGTTL-221428-BANK OF NEW Y FFPONGTT 39,721 FKRUSSTTL-501562755-BANKERS TR FKRUSSTT 291,347 FRNUKQTTL-501575013-BANKERS TR FRNUKQTT 66,916 GMITRNTTL-25772-CHASE MANHATTA GMITRNTT 38,568 IFT250TTL-4224361-BOISS NOMINE IFT250TT 51,799 INDIGOTTL-19198-CHASE MANHATTA INDIGOTT 1,997 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 428169 35,750 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 500227 857,330 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 502872 261,879 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 508068 45,973 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 527191 535,455 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 536747 148,282 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 552942 52,931 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 555879 1,990 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 583293 235,460 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 585439 3,817 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 586072 13,140 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 595966 87,075 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 601744 2,529 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 911140 5,153 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 540186 46,460 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 555465 29,089 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 599123 5,292 JPMorgan Chase Bank BNNP09IE 44,263 JPMorgan Chase Bank BNXP03IE 1,802 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTC034IE 2,524 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTC045IE 21,588 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF04IE 15,268 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTK001IE 22,318 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS004IE 20,797 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS005IE 5,248 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS011IE 9,588 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS024IE 2,565 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS028IE 85,323 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS033IE 1,076 KIOGEQUKA-387173-BNY (OCS) NOM KIOGEQUK 87,769 MARKIPTTL-814537-MIDLAND BANK MARKIPTT 15,101 MARKUKTTL-814574-MIDLAND BANK MARKUKTT 13,823 Mellon Trust - Boston 591668 32,867 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 604652 29,878 Mitsubishi Trust International BNN018IE 1,016 MULTEQTTL-N3YL-STATE STREET MULTEQTT 2,602 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 581610 42,922 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 584069 19,898 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 604162 6,902 NUFFOUTTL-TNF01-NORTRUST NOMIN NUFFOUTT 37,591 NUFGENUKA-16901-CHASE MANHATTA NUFGENUK 10,911 PFSEURTTL-370607.S1-UBS PFSEURTT 4,792 PGUKALTTL-613363-CITIBANK NA PGUKALTT 141,509 POWYSFTTL-16649-CHASE MANHATTA POWYSFTT 7,782 PPPMEDUKQ-8002238-DEUTSCHE BAN PPPMEDUK 24,933 PTMA11TTL-27717-CHASE NOMINEES PTMA11TT 81,213 PUBSPFTTL-6660004-CITIBANK PUBSPFTT 2,615 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 1,606 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 10,861 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 220 ROYLIVTTL-LIV02-NORTRUST NOMIN ROYLIVTT 142,434 SCTPEQTLC-SCO06-NORTRUST NOMIN SCTPEQTL 59,530 SGOEURTTL-NE5W0-STATE STREET N SGOEURTT 8,150 SGOMANTTL-HKNA-STATE STREET SGOMANTT 3,782 SIWESTTTL-8002041-DEUTSCHE BAN SIWESTTT 3,324 State Street BNX012IE 3,950 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - US 604714 15,514 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - US 713101 179,135 STHWRKUKQ-16669-CHASE MANHATTA STHWRKUK 12,398 TORFAEUKQ-003002-MELLON NOMINE TORFAEUK 18,557 TPGEQUTTL-6948890986-CITIBANK TPGEQUTT 110,482 TRIBUNTTL-18243-CHASE MANHATTA TRIBUNTT 23,227 UNIAEQTTL-USF12-NORTHERN TRUST UNIAEQTT 290,134 UNLVERUKQ-USF06-NORTHERN TRUST UNLVERUK 37,923 WELLCOTTL-JD12-STATE STREET WELLCOTT 94,165 WINUKPTTL-6010640794-VIDACOS N WINUKPTT 49,265 WOOUSFTTL-214075-BANK OF NEW Y WOOUSFTT 287,451 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 17,550 Group Holding 18,397,946 Enquiries: Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605 303 9 July 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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