Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
01 September 2006


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of Company.

De La Rue plc


2. Name of Shareholder with a major interest.


Schroder Investment Management Limited


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or
in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse
or children under the age of 18.


Please see schedule below


4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares held by each of them.


Please see schedule below


5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.


-



6. Percentage of issued class.


-


7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.

As at 1 September 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its
subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of
29,311,573 shares representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares in
issue, namely 162,875,247.



8. Percentage of issued class.


9. Class of Security.


Ordinary Shares of 277/9p


10. Date of Transaction.


1 September 2006






11. Date listed company informed.


Letter received 1 September 2006


12. Total holding following this notification.


As at 1 September 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its
subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of
29,311,573 shares representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares in
issue, namely 162,875,247.



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification.


17.99%


14. Any additional information.


Please see schedule below


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries.


Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311


16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed
company responsible for making this notification.


Louise Fluker

Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 29,020,907 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:

(i)                  4,801,804 shares registered or to be registered in the name
of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
(Schroder Nominees),


(ii)                9,557,870 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) 14,661,233 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 100,000 shares.
These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of State Street.


An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Ltd (S&Co Ltd), is managing a portfolios
holding a further 190,666 shares. These shares are registered or to be
registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman.


Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 29,311,573 shares,
representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,875,247.


SCHEDULE A
REGISTRATION                                                           AMOUNT
Chase Nominees Limited                                               2,374,195
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      421,650
Citibank                                                             2,731,822
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955                           119,019
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd                                       472,680
Investors Tst & Custodial Services                                      65,450
JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA                                            421,589
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                           942,750
Mellon Trust                                                           335,370
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            2,006,950
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                   394,546
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                   1,003,300
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                        927,021
State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57                                     477,810
State Street Nominees Ltd                                            1,737,804
                                  
TOTAL                                                               14,661,233




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