Directors' Dealings

De La Rue PLC
20 March 2000


De La Rue plc - Continuing Obligations - Paragraph 13

De La Rue plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 20
March 2000 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 13,640 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each (Ordinary
Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by the Royal Bank of Scotland
Trust Company (Guernsey) 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 and operates in conjunction with the Company's
Executive Share Option Scheme ('ESOS')and Share Price Improvement Plan
('SPIP'). The Trustee holds the Ordinary Shares to satisfy existing options
which have already been granted under the ESOS and the SPIP.

1.       Executive directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are 
         listed below:

         Mr I F R Much
         Mr P R Hollingworth

2.       Transactions notifed on 20 March 2000 in relation to the Trust are:

             Date of              No of            Purchase Price   
           Transaction       Shares Purchased    of Ordinary Shares
             13.03.00            13,640               295.00p
             
Following the transaction the total holding of the Trust amounts to 696,140
Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker
Company Secretary


Enquiries: Louise Fluker, Company Secretary       01256 605320
           Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director    01256 605321
           Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303