Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
29 June 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.


0


6. Percentage of issued class.


0


7.    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.


As at 23 June 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 34,194,640
shares representing some 20.78% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
164,566,177.


8.    Percentage of issued class.



9.   Class of Security.


Ordinary Shares of 277/9p


10. Date of Transaction.


23 June 2006





11.  Date listed company informed.


Letter received 29 June 2006


12.  Total holding following this notification.


As at 23 June 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 34,194,640
shares representing some 20.78% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
164,566,177.


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


20.78%


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 33,823,396 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:

(i)   7,923,688 shares registered or to be registered in the name
of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
(Schroder Nominees),

(ii)   10,423,611 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) 15,476,097 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 256,344 shares. These shares are registered or to be
registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman. Also Schroder & Co Bank AG (S
&Co Bank) is managing a portfolio holding a further 18,900 shares.


Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 34,194,640 shares,
representing some 20.78% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
164,566,177.


SCHEDULE A
REGISTRATION                                                            AMOUNT
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                   681,589
Chase Nominees Limited                                               1,445,695
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      421,650
Citibank                                                             2,731,822
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955                           119,019
Investors Tst & Custodial Services                                      70,191
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                           942,750
Mellon Trust                                                           354,715
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            3,840,766
Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13                                    49,706
Nutraco Nominees Ltrd                                                  394,546
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                     995,448
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                        846,121
State Street Nominees Ltd                                            1,874,992
State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57                                477,810
                                                      TOTAL         15,476,097




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