Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
22 April 2005


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 22 April 2005 received a letter dated 21 April 2005 from Schroder
Investment Management Limited giving notice that, pursuant to S198 Companies Act
1985 (as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in Shares (Amendment)
Regulations 1993, their interest in the Ordinary Shares of 25p each of the
Company is as follows:

Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 38,659,571 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients
under investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are:

(i)   12,258,807 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our
      wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
      (Schroder Nominees),

(ii)  9,105,664 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) 17,295,100 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 157,800 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 313,253 shares. The registration details are shown on the
enclosed schedule B.

Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 39,130,624 shares,
representing some 21.22% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
184,214,478.

De La Rue plc - 25p Ordinary Shares

Schedule A

Registration                                                            Amount
Bank of New York                                                       309,971
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                               596,742
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                   456,400
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      468,500
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34137                                      226,593
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34138                                      868,429
Chase Nominees Limited                                                 896,489
HSBC Bank International a/c: 10096301                                  140,500
Mellon Nominees(UK) Limited                                          1,047,500
Mellon Trust                                                           604,856
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                                     650,194
Morgan Nominees a/c: CCC                                               197,460
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c: GRL-Crest ID:AG01                         220,732
Morgan Nominees Ltd                                                    734,400
Morgan Nominees Ltd: A a/c                                              15,764
Morgan Nominees Ltd: B a/c                                             412,970
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       177,465
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            3,949,588
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c: GWPPMPS                                      148,700
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                    60,000
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                   1,123,000
State Street Nominees Limited                                        3,457,947
State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57                                530,900

                                                        Total       17,295,100

Schedule B

Registration                                                            Amount
Brown Brothers Harriman                                                208,822
Bank of New York                                                         4,218
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  72,409
Schroder (Channel Islands) Limited                                      27,804

                                                       Total           313,253
Enquiries:

Louse Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary             01256 605311
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs                        01256 605303

22 April 2005



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