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De La Rue PLC 22 September 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company. De La Rue plc 2. Name of Shareholder with a major interest. Barclays plc 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. As at 20 September 2005 Barclays plc, through the entities listed in the schedule below had a notifiable interest in 18,419,291 shares representing 11.06% of the issued share capital of De La Rue plc. 6. Percentage of issued class. As at 20 September 2005 Barclays plc, through the entities listed in the schedule below had a notifiable interest in 18,419,291 shares representing 11.06% of the issued share capital of De La Rue plc. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed. 0 8. Percentage of issued class. 0 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 20 September 2005 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 22 September 2005 12. Total holding following this notification. 18,419,291 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 11.06% 14. Any additional information. Please see schedule below 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries. Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303 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 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL HOLDINGS DE LA RUE SEDOL: B09JC23 As at 20 September 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 18,419,291 ORD GBP0.2777 representing 11.07% of the issued share capital of 166,460,868 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,768,171 1.663 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 58,303 0.035 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 197,472 0.1186 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 149,788 0.09 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,840,576 4.7102 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 254 0.0002 Gerrard Ltd 59,151 0.0355 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 429,799 0.2582 Gerrard Ltd 109,832 0.066 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,996,785 3.0018 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 661,934 0.3977 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 730,276 0.4387 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 8,134 0.0049 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 408,816 0.2456 Group Holding 18,419,291 11.0654 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT DE LA RUE SEDOL: B09JC23 As at 20 September 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 18,419,291 ORD GBP0.2777 representing 11.07% of the issued share capital of 166,460,868 units. Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 1472368 73,153 BANK OF IRELAND 258180 67,215 BANK OF IRELAND 258227 51,887 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 100,788 BANK OF IRELAND 4240060 9,092 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 54,992 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 291,596 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 35,748 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 386,180 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 430,904 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 39,836 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 39,410 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 730,276 Barclays Global Investors Canada 8,134 Barclayshare Nominees Limited 254 BNP PARIBAS 26,974 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 49,621 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 144,238 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 69,023 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 91,869 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 23,487 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 21,581 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 30,732 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 132,917 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 189,760 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,527,346 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 221,959 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 34,711 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 10,479 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 14,782 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 28,609 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 28,361 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 53,797 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 119,415 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 47,535 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,006 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 112,203 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 16,506 CITIBANK 6010064440 26,694 CITIBANK 6010640794 40,820 CITIBANK 6010782807 44,257 CITIBANK 6660004 2,353 CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT 83587 13,515 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8002041 2,991 Greig Middleton Nominees Limit GM1 13,400 Greig Middleton Nominees Limit GM1 13,937 HSBC 813168 132,459 HSBC 845315 3,993 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,484 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 68,578 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,199 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 190,831 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 25,473 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,637 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 31,920 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 29,804 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 844,061 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 784,780 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 393,242 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,276 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 310,539 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 90,407 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 49,186 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 86,912 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 89,455 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 26,272 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 49,450 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,809,710 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 40,480 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 23,100 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 87,191 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 14,207 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 120,669 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19198 1,880 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 16,929 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 59,584 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 45,977 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 502,056 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 98,227 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 38,668 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,604 JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,723 JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,625 JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,757 JPMorgan Chase Bank 968 JPMorgan Chase Bank 88,309 JPMorgan Chase Bank 39,836 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,849 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,617 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,449 JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,348 JPMorgan Chase Bank 967 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,561 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,308 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 28,083 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 121,705 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 5,362 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 477,891 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 16,701 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 12,767 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 39,281 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 48,120 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 170,625 Mitsubishi Trust International 914 NORDEA BANK 213922 8,450 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,681 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 165,894 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 53,577 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 42,910 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 33,165 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 264,104 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 53,241 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 13,908 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 59,653 R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 26,288 R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 60,043 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 10,257 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 10,939 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 5,895 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 649 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 8,359 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 18,703 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 198 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 315 State Street 1,940 STATE STREET 2RJ2 16,876 STATE STREET JD12 76,539 STATE STREET JFBL 52,557 STATE STREET N3B6 49,224 STATE STREET N3YL 2,341 STATE STREET N3YZ 5,995 STATE STREET NE5W 6,972 STATE STREET VE4J 110,008 STATE STREET X346 3,035 STATE STREET BOSTON 99,789 STATE STREET BOSTON 12,628 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 19,510 UBS 370607.S1 3,335 UBS 486039 315,964 Group Holding 18,419,291 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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