Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
28 December 2001


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


De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notification on 27
December 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 500,000 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.         Transaction notified on 27 December 2001 in relation to the Trust
           is:



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

 24 December 2001                    500,000                      457p



Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
4,100,000 Ordinary Shares  (2.11%  of the issued capital of De La Rue plc).


Louise Fluker

Company Secretary

28 December 2001