Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
5 June 2001



DE LA RUE PLC - CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS


De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notification on 5
June 2001 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 that the
Trustee of the De La Rue Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the Trust') has
purchased 500,000 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary
Shares'). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by Allied Trust Company Limited
as Trustee of the Trust.


The Trust was established by De La Rue plc for the benefit of employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries in conjunction with the Company's Executive Share
Option Scheme ('ESOS') and Share Price Improvement Plan ('SPIP').



1.          Executive Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust
            are:


             Mr I F R Much

             Mr P R Hollingworth



2.         Transactions notified on 5 June 2001 in relation to the Trust are:


Date of Transaction                         No. of Shares       Purchase Price
                                            Purchased           per

                                                                Ordinary Share
01.06.01                                    125,000             504p
04.06.01                                    375,000             502.25p




Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
2,600,000 Ordinary Shares (1.35% of the issued share capital of De La Rue
plc).


Louise Fluker

Company Secretary


5 June 2001



Enquiries:    Louise Fluker,      Company Secretary,           01256 605311
              Paul Hollingworth,  Finance Director             01256 605321
              Mark Fearon,        Head of Corporate Affairs    01256 605308