Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
01 October 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):



De La Rue plc


2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )


Other (please specify) : ( )

.................


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):


Ameriprise Financial, Inc and its Group


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


See additional information under 13.



5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):


27/09/07





6. Date on which issuer notified:


28/09/2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


Above 5%


8. Notified details:

.................


A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using    Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                                       transaction (vi)
                                        Number of      Number of voting Rights
                                        shares         (viii)

GB00B1XN5J68                            N/A            N/A

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if   Number of    Number of voting rights % of voting
possible using the ISIN   shares       (ix)                    rights
CODE

                                       Direct     Indirect     Direct   Indirect

                           7,583,046    206,729    7,376,317    0.138%   4.933%


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial   Date       Conversion      be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument  (xiii)     Period/ Date    exercised/ converted.             rights
                       (xiv)





Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

     7,583,046                               5.071%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):


Ameriprise Financial Inc which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset
Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Limited and Threadneedle Pensions
Ltd.


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


N/A


13. Additional information:

Registered Owner:


Williams & Glyn (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 65,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 3449 675,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 206,729

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 35822 19,500

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 11121 14,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 4,993

Roy Nominees A/c 104450 73,739

Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c

WWSF00040002 207,816

KDTC KAS DepositaryTrust Company A/c 22.36.31.213 172,726

Bank of Ireland Nominees A/c 4270483 254,343

Bank of Ireland Nominees A/c 4239914 162,829

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 191,293

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 316,293

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 618,413

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10493 710,410

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 1,515,438

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 1,425,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 751,481

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 41408 19,128

Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 41407 120,528

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348 58,387


14. Contact name:


Company Secretary, Threadneedle group.


15. Contact telephone number:


0207 464 5000
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Louise Fluker

Company Secretary

De La Rue plc

1 October 2007



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