11th Jan 2007 15:03
De La Rue PLC11 January 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company. De La Rue plc 2. Name of Shareholder with a major interest. Silchester International Investors 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 one holder, 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. Silchester International Investors Limited acting on behalf of its clients, hasnotified the Company that following recent purchases/sales of shares in theCompany it now has control over 17,606,791 shares representing 10.96% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 160,713,791. One of its clients controls7.04%. 8. Percentage of issued class. Silchester International Investors Limited acting on behalf of its clients, hasnotified the Company that following recent purchases/sales of shares in theCompany it now has control over 17,606,791 shares representing 10.96% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 160,9713,791. One of its clientscontrols 7.04%. 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 27 7/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 11 January 2007 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 11 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification. Silchester International Investors Limited acting on behalf of its clients, hasnotified the Company that following recent purchases/sales of shares in theCompany it now has control over 17,606,791 shares representing 10.96% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 160,713,979. One of its clients controls7.04%. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 10.96% 14. Any additional information. Please see schedule below 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries. Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303 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 ScheduleSII Account Nominee % ShareholdingSilchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Group Trust Northern Trust Co 2.92 4,691,728Silchester International InvestorsTobacco Free International Value EquityTrust Northern Trust Co 0.51 824,742Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Trust Northern Trust Co 7.04 11,307,572The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 0.49 782,749 TOTAL 17,606,791 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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