Holding(s) in Company

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
period

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights

RNS Number : 9301L

De La Rue PLC

08 August 2011

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

De La Rue plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

04 August 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05 August 2011

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

Above the threshold of 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B3DGH821	N/A	N/A	52,606	52,606	4,970,008	0.053%	5.007%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

5,022,614

5.060%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd 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:

Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	576,832
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	5,888
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA01	33,644
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	1,822,202
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	52,606
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	2,739
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	2,454,685
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	74,018