Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
2 August 2001


DE LA RUE PLC - CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS

De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notifications on 1st
and 2nd August 2001 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985
that the Trustee of the De La Rue Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the Trust')
has purchased 75,000 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each
(Ordinary Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by Allied Trust Company
Limited as Trustee of the Trust.

The Trust was established by De La Rue plc for the benefit of employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries in conjunction with the Company's Executive Share
Option Scheme ('ESOS') and Share Price Improvement Plan ('SPIP').


1.         Executive Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are:

           Mr I F R Much

           Mr P R Hollingworth


2.         Transactions notified on 1 August 2001 in relation to the Trust are:

           Date of Transaction    No. of Shares Purchased    Purchase Price per
                                                             Ordinary Share

            31 July 2001            25,000                        503p

            1 August 2001           50,000                      506.5p


Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
3,425,000 Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker

Company Secretary


2 August 2001


Enquiries:            Louise Fluker, Company Secretary,     01256 605320
                      Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director   01256 605321