Purchase of Own Securities

De La Rue PLC
30 August 2002


De La Rue plc

Repurchase of shares

De La Rue plc announces that on 30 August 2002 it purchased for cancellation
165,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 304.304p per share from Cazenove &
Co. Ltd

Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd 020 7588 2828

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