Director Shareholding

De La Rue PLC
6 July 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
July 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 50,000 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 Purchased    Purchase Price per
                                                             Ordinary Share

           3 July 2001            50,000                     525p


Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to
3,000,000 Ordinary Shares.


Louise Fluker
Company Secretary

5 July 2001


Enquiries:    Louise Fluker, Company Secretary,          01256 605320
              Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director        01256 605321
              Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs     01256 605303