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De La Rue PLC 13 April 2004 De La Rue plc 25p Ordinary Shares The Company on 13 April 2004 received the following notification from Fidelity Investments dated 12 April 2004: 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 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 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 ------------- -------------------- ------------------------- 8,565,572 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd 438,332 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 319,727 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 611,838 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 129,624 FIL Northern Trust 3,061 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 531,523 FIL State Street Bank & Trust ------------- 10,599,677 ------------- The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is 10,599,677 which represents 5.79% of the number of shares in issue. Enquiries: Louise Fluker General Counsel and Company Secretary 01256 605311 Mark Fearon Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605308 13 April 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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