Purchase of Own Securities

De La Rue PLC
03 March 2003

De La Rue plc

Repurchase of shares

De La Rue plc announces that on 3 March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 203p per share from Cazenove & Co.
Ltd

Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd 020 7588 2828


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