Holding(s) in Company

De La Rue PLC
31 July 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.

As at 27 July 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 31,400,221
shares representing some 19.170% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
163,790,247.


6. Percentage of issued class.

As at 27 July 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 31,400,221
shares representing some 19.170% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
163,790,247.



7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.



8. Percentage of issued class.


9. Class of Security.

Ordinary Shares of 277/9p


10. Date of Transaction.

27 July 2006



11. Date listed company informed.


Letter received 31 July 2006


12. Total holding following this notification.


As at 27 July 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary
and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 31,400,221
shares representing some 19.170% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
163,790,247.


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

19.170%


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 30,607,634 shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements. Included in this figure are:

(i)  6,236,870 shares registered or to be registered in the name
of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited
(Schroder Nominees),

(ii) 10,312,085 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) 14,058,679 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 192,587 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 500,000 shares.

Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 31,400,221 shares,
representing some 19.165% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
163,790,247.



SCHEDULE A

REGISTRATION                                                           AMOUNT

Chase Manhattan Bank                                                   659,151
Chase Nominees Limited                                               1,897,307
Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886                                      421,650
HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955                           119,019
Investors Tst & Custodial Services                                      65,450
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                           942,750
Mellon Trust                                                           335,370
MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                       229,277
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            2,006,950
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                                   394,546
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                   1,003,300
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                        927,021
State Street Nominees Ltd                                            1,847,256
State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57                                477,810
Citbank                                                              2,731,822

                                                      TOTAL         14,058,679




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