Holding(s) in Company
De La Rue PLC
10 March 2006
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of Company.
De La Rue plc
2. Name of Shareholder with a major interest.
Schroder Investment Management Limited
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or
in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse
or children under the age of 18.
Please see schedule below
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them.
Please see schedule below
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
6. Percentage of issued class.
As at 9 March 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 39,535,480
shares representing some 23.89% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
165,495,988.
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.
As at 9 March 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 39,535,480
shares representing some 23.89% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
165,495,988.
8. Percentage of issued class.
9. Class of Security.
Ordinary Shares of 277/9p
10. Date of Transaction.
9 March 2006
11. Date listed company informed.
Fax received 9 March 2006
12. Total holding following this notification.
As at 9 March 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 39,535,480
shares representing some 23.89% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
165,495,988.
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification.
23.89%
14. Any additional information.
Please see schedule below
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries.
Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311
16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification.
Louise Fluker
Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 39,155,850 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:
(i) 12,451,787 shares registered or to be registered in the
name of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
(Schroder Nominees),
(ii) 10,985,690 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated and
managed by an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and
registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and
(iii) 15,718,373 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of
Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown on the Schedule below.
A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is
managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 100,000 shares.
These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of State Street.
An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Ltd (S&Co Ltd), is managing a portfolios
holding a further 260,730 shares. These shares are registered or to be
registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman. Also Schroder & Co Bank AG (S
&Co Bank) is managing a portfolio holding a further 18,900 shares.
Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 39,535,480 shares,
representing some 23.89% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
165,495,988.
SCHEDULE A
REGISTRATION AMOUNT
Chase Manhattan Bank 943,089
Chase Nominees Limited 642,122
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 421,650
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 119,019
Investors Tst & Custodial Services 100,450
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 942,750
Mellon Trust 435,370
Morgan Nominees Ltd 97,560
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited 5,082,984
Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13 49,706
Nutraco Nominees Ltrd 339,546
RBSTB Nominees Ltd 1,003,248
State Street Bank and Trust Co. 846,121
State Street Nominees Ltd 3,987,761
State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57 477,810
TOTAL 15,718,373
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