Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
29 March 2005


De La Rue plc
25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 29 March 2005 received a letter dated 29 March 2005 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                        27,866,365   Ordinary Shares

This represents 15.13% of the number of shares in issue.

Appendix A

SII Account                         Nominee                  %   Shareholding
-------------                       ---------                --- --------------

Silchester International Investors
Value                               Northern Trust Co     3.95       7,275,882
Equity Group Trust
Silchester International Investors
Tobacco Free International Equity
Trust                               Northern Trust Co     0.69       1,265,136
Silchester International Investors
Value                               Northern Trust Co     9.98      18,382,361
Equity Trust
The Calleva Trust                   Northern Trust Co     0.51         942,986

                                                         TOTAL      27,866,365


Enquiries:

Mark Fearon     Head of Corporate Affairs                      01256 605303
Louise Fluker   General Counsel & Company Secretary            01256 605311

29 March 2005




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