Holding in Company

De La Rue PLC
18 January 2001


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares

The Company on 17 January 2001 received the following notification from
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 17 January 2001:

Notifications under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act

1.    Company in which shares are held: De La Rue plc

2.    Notifiable interest: Ordinary shares
      Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

      PO Box HM 670

      Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
      Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
      including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Pension
      Management (FPM), and investment managers for various non-US investment
      companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of
      Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3.    The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
      Mr Edward C Johnson 3d

      82 Devonshire Street

      Boston, MA 02109
      Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4.    The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
      unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from
      reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.    These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
      notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
      purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that
      Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
      or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
      disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
      notifications on a joint basis.

6.    The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act,
      namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to
      exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the
      exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

Schedule A

Shares held Management Company  Nominee/Registered Name
6,568,921   FISL                Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
2,127,700   FIL                 HSBC
441,397     FIL                 Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
36,116      FIL                 Bankers Trust
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9,174,134
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The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
9,174,134 which represents 4.77% of the number of shares in issue.

Enquiries: Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605 321

Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605 303

18 January 2001