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De La Rue PLC 26 May 2006 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 23 May 2006, Barclays plc, through the entities listed in the schedule below had a notifiable interest in 19,945,984 shares representing 12.06% of the issued share capital of De La Rue plc. 6. Percentage of issued class. As 23 May 2006, Barclays plc, through the entities listed in the schedule below had a notifiable interest in 19,945,984 shares representing 12.06% 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. 23 May 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 26 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. 19,945,984 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 12.06% 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 23 May 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 19,945,984 ORD GBP0.2777 representing 12.06% of the issued share capital of 165,383,477 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 187,429 0.1133 Gerrard Ltd 38,123 0.0231 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 563,918 0.3410 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 533,283 0.3225 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 680,740 0.4116 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,405,582 2.6639 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 58,176 0.0352 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 10,847 0.0066 Barclays Bank PLC 128,249 0.0775 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 752,488 0.4550 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 228,670 0.1383 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 3,526,590 2.1324 Gerrard Ltd 89,672 0.0542 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 8,742,217 5.2860 Group Holding 19,945,984 12.0606 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT DE LA RUE SEDOL: B09JC23 As at 23 May 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 19,945,984 ORD GBP0.2777 representing 12.06% of the issued share capital of 165,383,477 units. Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 1472368 74,407 BANK OF IRELAND 258227 98,446 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 183,519 BANK OF IRELAND 4240060 9,092 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 89,095 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 128,249 BANK OF NEW YORK 11,282 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 87,412 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 76,708 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 220,029 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 229,413 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 43,899 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 617,488 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 135,000 Barclays Global Investors Canada 10,847 BNP PARIBAS 26,381 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 46,394 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 184,648 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 100,531 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 76,191 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 23,487 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 33,760 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 244,927 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 242,297 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,575,758 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 289,989 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 75,058 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 10,479 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 28,361 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 28,609 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 105,981 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 104,300 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 56,022 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 258,878 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 20,532 CITIBANK 195433 28,080 CITIBANK 6010064440 26,694 CITIBANK 6010640794 40,820 CITIBANK 6010782807 49,916 CITIBANK 6660004 2,353 CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT 83587 13,515 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8002041 2,991 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 2,692 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 2,996 HSBC 813168 130,626 HSBC 845315 7,750 Investors Bank & Trust Co. (Ca 1,342 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,719 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,563 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 507,058 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,340 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,405 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 29,804 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 52,223 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,672 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 15,547 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,637 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 454,205 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 80,679 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 175,373 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 176,796 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,079,968 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,388 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 873,830 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 44,092 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 93,772 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 210,778 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 66,138 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 105,638 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,570,022 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 35,103 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 20,912 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 129,726 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19198 1,880 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 12,299 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 446,496 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 91,030 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 19,739 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 5,362 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 213,079 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 15,591 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,449 JPMorgan Chase Bank 10,686 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,604 JPMorgan Chase Bank 89,954 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,617 JPMorgan Chase Bank 968 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,561 JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,701 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,921 JPMorgan Chase Bank 24,380 JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,723 JPMorgan Chase Bank 41,941 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 365,550 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 50,101 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 12,767 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 53,215 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 53,235 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 302,466 Mitsui Asset 2,740 NORDEA BANK 213922 8,450 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 195,437 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 49,979 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 32,961 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 129,052 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 310,171 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 78,328 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 15,745 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 62,208 R C Greig Nominees Limited 50,245 R C Greig Nominees Limited 19,024 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 8,054 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 16,221 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 6,380 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 649 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 750 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 7,202 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 13,069 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 198 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 315 STATE STREET 2RJ2 16,876 STATE STREET JD12 82,844 STATE STREET JFBL 44,617 STATE STREET N3B6 3,381 STATE STREET N3YL 2,341 STATE STREET N3YZ 4,848 STATE STREET NE5W 6,419 STATE STREET X346 3,035 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 59,895 STATE STREET BOSTON 90,102 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 49,892 The Northern Trust Company - U 36,015 Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,360 UBS 370607.S1 5,234 Group Holding 19,945,984 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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