De La Rue PLC
18 January 2001
De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares
The Company on 17 January 2001 received the following notification from
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 17 January 2001:
Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act
1. Company in which shares are held: De La Rue plc
2. Notifiable interest: Ordinary shares
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 Fidelity International Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from
reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) 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
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
6,568,921 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
2,127,700 FIL HSBC
441,397 FIL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
36,116 FIL Bankers Trust
________
9,174,134
________
The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
9,174,134 which represents 4.77% of the number of shares in issue.
Enquiries: Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605 321
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605 303
18 January 2001
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