Holding in Company
De La Rue PLC
8 September 2000
De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares
The Company on 8 September 2000 received the following notification from FMR
Corp dated 7 September 2000:
Notifications under sections 198 to 202, Companies Act
1. Company in which shares are held: De La Rue plc
2. Notifiable interest: Ordinary Shares
(A) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)
(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
PO Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Pension
Management (FPM), and investment managers for various non-US investment
companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised
unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from
reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(e) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr
Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.
5. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise
a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise
of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
Schedule A
Shares held Management company Nominee/registered name
100,000 FMRCO Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
8,080,621 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees Limited
236,145 FPM Bankers Trust
78,880 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
47,915 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
226,195 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
547,697 FIL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees Limited
244,795 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
488,590 FIL RBS Trust Bank
161,160 FIL Morgan Stanley
74,391 FIL Bankers Trust
32,045 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
602,400 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
2,127,700 FIL MSS Nominees Ltd
68,600 FIL Bank of New York Europe
171,900 FIL Northern Trust
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13,289,034
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The total number of shares held under this notifiable interest is
13,289,034 which represents 6.92% of the number of shares in issue.
Enquiries: Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605321
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303