Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
09 January 2003

De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares



The Company on 8 January 2003 received the following notification from Fidelity
International Limited (FIL) dated 7 January 2003:



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
9,174,317       FISL                         Chase Nominees Ltd
70,402          FISL                         Chase Manhattan Bank London
314,000         FPM                          Chase Nominees Ltd
4,678,000       FIL                          HSBC
511,000         FIL                          Chase Nominees Ltd
120,840         FIL                          Northern Trust
256,170         FIL                          Deutsche Bank
________
15,124,729
________






The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
15,124,729 which represents 8.19% of the number of shares in issue.



Enquiries:


Louise Fluker              Company Secretary                01256 605311
Mark Fearon                Head of Corporate Affairs        01256 605303



9 January 2003


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