Purchase of Own Securities

De La Rue PLC
24 September 2002

De La Rue plc

Repurchase of shares

De La Rue plc announces that on 24 September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
550,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 235p per share from Cazenove & Co.
Ltd

Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd 020 7588 2828


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