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De La Rue PLC 13 March 2000 De La Rue plc - Continuing Obligations - Paragraph 13 De La Rue plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 13 March 2000 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 42,500 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each (Ordinary Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by the Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Company (Guernsey) 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 and operates in conjunction with the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme ('ESOS')and Share Price Improvement Plan ('SPIP'). The Trustee holds the Ordinary Shares to satisfy existing options which have already been granted under the ESOS and the SPIP. 1. Executive directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are listed below: Mr I F R Much Mr P R Hollingworth 2. Transactions notifed on 13 March 2000 in relation to the Trust are: Date of No of Purchase Price Transaction Shares Purchased of Ordinary Shares 07.03.00 42,500 285.00p Following the transaction the total holding of the Trust amounts to 682,500 Ordinary Shares. Louise Fluker Company Secretary 13 March 2000 Enquiries: Louise Fluker, Company Secretary 01256 605320 Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605321 Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303

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