Holding in Company

De La Rue PLC
30 October 2001


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 30 October 2001 received the following notification from
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 29 October 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
5,703,548      FISL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
102,800        FPM                    Bankers Trust
48,900         FPM                    Citibank
102,400        FPM                    Chase Nominees Ltd
52,000         FPM                    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
2,128,737      FIL                    HSBC
654,997        FIL                    Chase Nominees Ltd
50,546         FIL                    Bankers Trust
25,500         FIL                    MSS Nominees Ltd
142,700        FIL                    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
76,000         FIL                    State Street Nominees Ltd
162,354        FIL                    RBS Trust Bank
316,646        FIL                    Northern Trust
120,300        FIL                    Bank of New York Europe
38,200         FIL                    Citibank
________
9,725,628
________


The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
9,725,628 which represents 5.01% of the number of shares in issue.


Enquiries:      Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director              01256 605 321
                Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605 303


30 October 2001