Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
26 May 2004


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 26 May 2004 received a letter dated 26 May 2004 from Schroder
Investment Management Limited giving notice that, pursuant to S198 Companies Act
1985 (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 26,315,260 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)   7,963,623 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our
      wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
      (Schroder Nominees),

(ii)  7,386,673 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated and managed by an
      affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or
      to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and

(iii) 10,964,964 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of
      Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown on the Schedule
      below.

A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is
managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 1,357,800 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 company
are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 27,673,060 shares,
representing some 15.113% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
183,105,758.

Schedule

De La Rue plc - 25p Ordinary Shares

Registration                                                            Amount
Brown Brothers Harriman Va                                              15,514
Bank of New York                                                       551,000
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                               596,742
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                   347,000
Chase Nominees Limited                                                 264,700
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      468,500
HSBC Bank International a/c: 10096301                                  110,500
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                                     650,194
Morgan Nominees Ltd                                                    723,815
Morgan Nominees Ltd: A a/c                                              13,764
Morgan Nominees Ltd: B a/c                                             412,970
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       137,465
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 809797                                       299,200
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 809803                                       181,464
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 831286                                       931,155
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 846435                                       812,429
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            3,109,924
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                   349,971
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c: GWPPMPS                                       88,700
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                     216,357
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: LAUR                                            19,600
State Street Nominees Limited                                          133,100
State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57                                530,900

                                                      Total         10,964,964

Enquiries:

Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary             01256 605311
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs                         01256 605303

26 May 2004



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