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De La Rue PLC 13 November 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 13 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 24,300,674 shares representing some 14.923% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 8. Percentage of issued class. 9. As at 13 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 24,300,674 shares representing some 14.923% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 10. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 11. Date of Transaction. 13 November 2006 12. Date listed company informed. Letter received 13 November 2006 13. Total holding following this notification. As at 1 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 24,300,674 shares representing some 14.923% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 14. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 14.923% 15. Any additional information. Please see schedule below 16. Name of contact and telephone number for queries. Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311 17. 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 24,040,826 shares which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 7,008,961 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) 17,031,865 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 159,848 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 24,300,674 shares, representing some 14.923% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. SCHEDULE A REGISTRATION AMOUNT Chase Nominees Limited 6,830,445 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 197,629 Citibank 2,883,951 HSBC 271,700 HSBC Global Custody Nominees 86,443 JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA 421,589 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 727,039 Mellon Trust 335,370 MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277 Nortrust Nominees Limited 1,380,345 Nutraco Nominees Ltd 380,746 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 799,169 State Street Bank and Trust Co. 851,765 State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57 346,269 State Street Nominees Ltd 1,132,622 The Bank of New York 157,506 TOTAL 17,031,865 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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