Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
13 November 2002


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 13 November 2002 received the following notification from
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) dated 11 November 2002:

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) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), 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
7,499,514       FISL                         Chase Nominees Ltd
236,000         FPM                          Chase Nominees Ltd
4,678,000       FIL                          HSBC
450,900         FIL                          Chase Nominees Ltd
88,840          FIL                          Northern Trust
189,170         FIL                          Deutsche Bank
________
13,142,424
________



The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
13,142,424 which represents 7.12% of the number of shares in issue.


Enquiries:

Mark Fearon                Head of Corporate Affairs               01256 605303


13 November 2002

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