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De La Rue PLC 10 October 2000 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares The Company on 10 October 2000 received the following notification from FMR Corp dated 6 October 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. 6. 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 49,500 FMRCO Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited 7,758,776 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 38,980 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 33,445 FPM Bankers Trust 15,240 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd 2,127,700 FIL HSBC 547,697 FIL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 67,725 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd 196,875 FIL RBS Trust Bank 79,860 FIL Morgan Stanley 51,191 FIL Bankers Trust 85,100 FIL Northern Trust 34,000 FIL Bank of New York Europe 298,400 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd __________ 11,384,489 __________ The total number of shares held under this notifiable interest is 11,384,489 which represents 5.92% of the number of shares in issue. Enquiries: Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605321 Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303

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