Result of AGM and EGM

De La Rue PLC
28 July 2005


De La Rue plc (the 'Company')


Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting ('AGM') - 28 July 2005

All resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 28 July 2005 were passed on a show
of hands.

Resolutions passed at Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM') - 28 July 2005

The Company also announces that each of the resolutions set out in the Circular
(the 'Circular') to shareholders dated 17 June 2005 was passed on a show of
hands at the EGM held on 28 July 2005.

The EGM resolutions provided for:

The approval of the share consolidation as defined in the Circular.
Authority to make market share purchases.

Payment of the Special Dividend of 38 pence per ordinary share was dependent on
the approval of the consolidation of the Company's ordinary share capital by
shareholders at the EGM.

Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the FSA and will shortly be
made available via the FSAs Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS.

Details of proxy votes received by the Company in respect of the AGM and the EGM
are available on the Company's website at www.delarue.com.

Louise Fluker
Company Secretary
28 July 2005



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