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De La Rue PLC 07 March 2003 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares The Company on 6 March 2003 received a letter dated 6 March 2003 from Schroder Investment Management Limited giving notice that, pursuant to s198 Companies Act (as amended) by the Disclosure of Interest in Shares (Amendment) Regulations 1993, their interest in the Ordinary Shares of 25p each of the Company is as follows: 'Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 28,354,973 shares which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 10,584,449 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited (Schroder Nominees), (ii) 5,807,876 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated and managed an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and (iii) 11,962,648 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of Schroder Nominees or Chase Nominees Limited. The registration details are shown on the Schedule below. An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc (SIMNA Inc), is managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 1,050,000 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited. Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 29,404,973 shares, representing some 16.01% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 183,666,898. Schedule De La Rue plc - 25p Ordinary Shares Registration Amount Banque Nationale de Paris 11,044 Brown Brothers Harriman Va 2,337 Chase Nominees a/c: 03886 520,915 Chase Nominees Limited 607,778 Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c R 490,392 MSS Nominees Limited a/c 756593 137,465 State Street Nominees Limited 133,100 Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPMPS 180,281 RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c LAUR 19,600 HSBC Bank International a/c 10096301 95,500 British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P 1,056,742 State Street Nominees Limited a/c 5H57 663,692 Morgan Nominees Ltd B a/c 412,970 Morgan Nominees Ltd A a/c 13,764 Morgan Nominees Ltd 565,615 Nutraco Nominees Ltd 182,071 Bank of New York 286,000 MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809803 133,717 MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809797 346,034 MSS Nominees Limited a/c 831286 1,170,160 MSS Nominees Limited a/c 846435 436,551 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 160,057 BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B 945,125 Nortrust Nominees Limited 3,391,738 Total 11,962,648 Enquiries: Stephen King, Finance Director 01256 605 321 Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605 303 7 March 2003 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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