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De La Rue PLC 28 December 2001 DE LA RUE PLC - CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS De La Rue plc ('the Company') announces that it received notification on 27 December 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. Transaction notified on 27 December 2001 in relation to the Trust is: Date of Transaction No. of Shares Purchased Purchase Price per Ordinary Share 24 December 2001 500,000 457p Following the above transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to 4,100,000 Ordinary Shares (2.11% of the issued capital of De La Rue plc). Louise Fluker Company Secretary 28 December 2001

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