Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
05 August 2003


De La Rue plc

25p Ordinary Shares


The Company on 5 August 2003 received the following notification from Fidelity
Investments dated 4 August 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

     FRM Corp.
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109

     Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
     investment manager for US mutual funds. (See schedule A for listing of
     Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

     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 FRM Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

 4.  The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised 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 and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to
     indicate that FRM Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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
-------------  --------------------  -------------------------
      62,712   FMRCO                 Mellon Bank
  15,294,914   FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
     369,503   FISL                  Chase Manhattan Bank London
     329,418   FPM                   Chase Nominees Ltd
     908,196   FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
     621,438   FIL                   Northern Trust
      70,700   FIL                   Deutsche Bank
      61,800   FIL                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
     159,100   FIL                   Bank of New York, Brussels
     264,977   FIL                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited

________
                                  
  18,142,758
________
                               

The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
18,142,758 which represents 9.97% of the number of shares in issue.


Enquiries:

Louise Fluker        Company Secretary                    01256 605311
Stephen King         Group Finance Director               01256 605321


5 August 2003






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