Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares
De La Rue PLC
27 March 2000
De La Rue plc - Continuing Obligations - Paragraph 13
De La Rue plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 27
March 2000 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 that the
Trustee of the De La Rue Employee Share Ownership Trust (the Trust) has
purchased 1,403,860 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each
(Ordinary Shares). The Ordinary Shares were purchased by the Royal Bank of
Scotland Trust Company (Guernsey) Limited as Trustee of the Trust.
The Trust was established by De La Rue plc for the benefit of employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries and operates in conjunction with the Company's
Executive Share Option Scheme ('ESOS')and Share Price Improvement Plan
('SPIP'). The Trustee holds the Ordinary Shares to satisfy existing options
which have already been granted under the ESOS and the SPIP.
1. Executive directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are
listed below:
Mr I F R Much
Mr P R Hollingworth
2. Transactions notified on 27 March 2000 in relation to the Trust are:
Date of No of Purchase Price
Transaction Shares Purchased of Ordinary Shares
20.03.00 100,858 299.97p
21.03.00 600,000 299.73p
22.03.00 703,002 300.00p
Following the transactions the total holding of the Trust amounts to 2,100,000
Ordinary Shares.
Louise Fluker
Company Secretary
27 March 2000
Enquiries: Louise Fluker, Company Secretary 01256 605320
Paul Hollingworth, Finance Director 01256 605321
Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303
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