Purchase of Own Securities

De La Rue PLC
20 February 2003

De La Rue plc

Repurchase of shares

De La Rue plc announces that on 20 February 2003 it purchased for cancellation
300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 204p per share from Cazenove & Co.
Ltd

Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd 020 7588 2828


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