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De La Rue PLC20 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 holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18. Please see schedule below 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than oneholder, 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 17 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of22,260,534 shares representing some 13.670% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 162,840,247. 8. Percentage of issued class.9.As at 17 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of22,260,534 shares representing some 13.670% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 162,840,247. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 17 November 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 17 November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. As at 17 November 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of22,260,534 shares representing some 13.670% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 162,840,247. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 13.670% 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 listedcompany responsible for making this notification. Louise Fluker Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 22,260,534 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients underinvestment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 6,034,001 shares held in (a) unit trusts(s) operated andmanaged by an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), andregistered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and (iii) 15,966,685 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name ofSchroder Nominees. The registration details are shown on the Schedule below. A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), ismanaging (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 portfoliosholding a further 159,848 shares. These shares are registered or to beregistered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman. Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliatedcompanies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 22,260,534 shares,representing some 13.670% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. SCHEDULE AREGISTRATION AMOUNTChase Nominees Limited 6,500,409Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 161,546Citibank 2,883,951HSBC 271,700HSBC Global Custody Nominees 86,443JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA 421,589Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 598,431Mellon Trust 335,370MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277Nortrust Nominees Limited 1,233,959Nutraco Nominees Ltd 380,746RBSTB Nominees Ltd 799,169State Street Bank and Trust Co. 841,383State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57 284,484State Street Nominees Ltd 808,681The Bank of New York 129,547 TOTAL 15,966,685 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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