Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
23 October 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 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190
shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,840,247.

8.                  Percentage of issued class.

9.
As at 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190
shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,840,247.

10.              Class of Security.

Ordinary Shares of 277/9p

11.              Date of Transaction.

20 October 2006

12.              Date listed company informed.

Letter received 20 October 2006

13.              Total holding following this notification.

As at 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190
shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,840,247.

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

16.993%

15.              Any additional information.


Please see schedule below

16.              Name of contact and telephone number for queries.

Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311

17.              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 27,381,524 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:
(i)                  1,531,032 shares registered or to be registered in the name
of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
(Schroder Nominees),

(ii)                8,388,874 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) 17,461,618 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 27,672,190 shares,
representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,840,247.

SCHEDULE A

REGISTRATION                                                            AMOUNT

Chase Nominees Limited                                               5,529,383
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      331,662
Citibank                                                             2,758,516
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd                                       365,343
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955                           119,019
JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA                                            421,589
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                           884,041
Mellon Trust                                                           335,370
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            1,902,447
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                   394,546
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                     960,410
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                        919,193
State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57                                     438,670
State Street Nominees Ltd                                            1,669,413
The Bank of New York                                                   202,739
                                                       TOTAL        17,461,618




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