Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
22 December 2006


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of Company.

De La Rue plc


2. Name of Shareholder with a major interest.


Schroder Investment Management Limited


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or
in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse
or children under the age of 18.


Please see schedule below


4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares held by each of them.


Please see schedule below


5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

-



6. Percentage of issued class.


-



7.                  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.


As at 20 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its
subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of
20,885,629 shares representing some 12.98% of the total number of shares in
issue, namely 160,900,247.


8.                  Percentage of issued class.


As at 20 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its
subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of
20,885,629 shares representing some 12.98% of the total number of shares in
issue, namely 160,900,247.


9.

Class of Security.


Ordinary Shares of 277/9p



10.              Date of Transaction.


20 December 2006


11.              Date listed company informed.


Letter received 21 December 2006


12.              Total holding following this notification.


As at 20 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its
subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of
20,885,629 shares representing some 12.978% of the total number of shares in
issue, namely 160,900,247.


13.              Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification.


12.98%


14.              Any additional information.


Please see schedule below


15.              Name of contact and telephone number for queries.


Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311


16.              Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed
company responsible for making this notification.


Louise Fluker

Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 20,630,596 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:


(i)                  5,861,172 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated and
managed by an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and
registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and


(iii) 14,769,424 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of
Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown on the Schedule below.


A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is
managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 100,000 shares.
These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of State Street.


An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Ltd (S&Co Ltd), is managing a portfolios
holding a further 155,033 shares. These shares are registered or to be
registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman.


Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 20,885,629 shares,
representing some 12.978% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
162,840,247.


SCHEDULE A

REGISTRATION                                                          AMOUNT

Chase Nominees Limited                                               6,157,705
Citibank                                                             2,492,795
HSBC                                                                   271,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominees                                            86,443
JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA                                            421,589
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                           542,750
Mellon Trust                                                           335,370
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                              975,454
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                   380,746
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                     799,169
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                        837,021
State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57                                     257,810
State Street Nominees Ltd                                              863,895
The Bank of New York                                                   117,700
                                                   TOTAL            14,769,424




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