Purchase of Own Securities

De La Rue PLC
22 July 2002



De La Rue plc

Repurchase of shares


De La Rue plc announces that on 22 July, 2002

it purchased for cancellation 1,250,000 of its ordinary shares at a

price of 270p per share from Cazenove & Co. Ltd


Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd 020 7588 2828




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