Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
21 January 2002

De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares



The Company on 21 January 2002 received a letter dated 18 January 2002 from
Silchester International Investors Limited ('Silchester') giving notice that,
pursuant to S198 Companies Act (as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in
Shares (Amendment) Regulations 1993, recent purchases of shares in the Company
by Silchester, on behalf of its clients (see Appendix A), have resulted in
Silchester having control over the following shares:

Silchester                         21,428,343                   Ordinary Shares

This represents 11.03% of the number of shares in issue.

Appendix A

SII Account               Nominee                          %        Shareholding

GROUP                     Northern Trust Co              2.71          5,266,524
GTINV                     Northern Trust Co              0.14            279,925
LICRF                     Deutsche Bank                  0.18            344,000
MOSER                     Mellon Trust                   0.55          1,058,772
PATCH                     Northern Trust Co              0.33            636,096
SIEBT                     Northern Trust Co              6.18         11,997,230
SOLAR                     Daiwa Europe Bank              0.13            260,720
TEXAS                     Northern Trust Co              0.35            678,035
TRUST                     Northern Trust Co              0.22            429,223
VITAL                     Northern Trust Co              0.25            477,818
                                                         TOTAL        21,428,343

Enquiries:
Paul Hollingworth         Finance Director                    01256 605321
Mark Fearon               Head of Corporate Affairs           01256 605303



21 January 2002



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