Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
27 November 2002


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 27 November 2002 received a letter dated 26 November 2002 from
Schroder Investment Management Limited giving notice that, pursuant to s198
Companies Act (as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in Shares (Amendment)
Regulations 1993, their interest in the Ordinary Shares of 25p each of the
Company is as follows:

'Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 27,202,413 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients
under investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are:


(i)    10,449,271 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our 
       wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited 
       (Schroder Nominees),

(ii)   5,786,518 shares held in (a) unit(s) operated and managed by another 
       wholly-owned subsidiary, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and 
       registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited,
       and

(iii)  10,966,624 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of 
       Schroder Nominees or Chase Nominees Limited.  The registration details 
       are shown in the enclosed schedule.

An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc (SIMNA
Inc) is managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 750,000
shares.  These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.'

Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 27,952,413 shares,
representing some 15.14% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
184,584,499.


Registration                                                           Amount
Brown Brothers Harriman Va                                              2,337
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886                                      520,915
Banque Nationale de Paris                                              11,044
Chase Nominees Limited                                                607,778
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c R                                     490,392
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 756593                                       137,465
State Street Nominees Limited                                         133,100
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPMPS                                      180,281
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c LAUR                                            19,600
HSBC Bank International a/c 10096301                                   95,500
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P                             1,056,742
State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57                                663,692
Morgan Nominees Ltd B a/c                                             412,970
Morgan Nominees Ltd A a/c                                              13,764
Morgan Nominees Ltd                                                   552,915
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                              182,071
Bank of New York                                                      345,000
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809803                                       122,831
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809797                                       346,034
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 831286                                       976,387
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 846435                                       313,376
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                    160,157
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B                                       808,125
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                           2,480,798
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                                              333,350
Total                                                              10,966,624


Enquiries:

Louise Fluker, Company Secretary                      01256 605 311
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs                01256 605 303


27 November 2002


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