Director/PDMR Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
28 April 2006



De La Rue plc's Directors' Interests


De La Rue plc (the 'Company') was notified today, 28 April 2006, that the De La
Rue Qualifying Employee Share Ownership (the 'Trust') on 28 April 2006
transferred 7,286 shares of 277/9p each in the Company pursuant to the exercise
of options under the De La Rue Sharesave Scheme. The number of De La Rue plc
shares now held by the Trust is 229,367, 0.138% of the issued share capital.


Following the above transaction Mr L M Quinn, Chief Executive and Mr S A King,
Group Finance Director, have an interest in the balance held by the Trust as
potential beneficiaries of the Trust.



28 April 2006



Enquiries:     Louise Fluker, Company Secretary               01256 605 311
               Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs         01256 605 303





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