27th Feb 2006 14:22
De La Rue PLC27 February 2006 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 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. Silchester International Investors Limited, acting on behalf of its clients andfollowing a disposal of 500,000 shares in the Company on 24 February 2006, hascontrol in 24,592,926 shares representing 14.84% of the total number of sharesin issue, namely 165,756,332. 8. Percentage of issued class. Silchester International Investors Limited, acting on behalf of its clients andfollowing a disposal of 500,000 shares in the Company on 24 February 2006, hascontrol in 24,592,926 shares representing 14.84% of the total number of sharesin issue, namely 165,756,332 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 24 February 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 27 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. The Company was notified on 27 February 2006 that Silchester InternationalInvestors Limited, acting on behalf of its clients and following a disposal ofshares in the Company, has control in 24,592,926 shares representing 14.84% ofthe total number of shares in issue, namely 165,756,332. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 14.84% 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 3.88 6,434,193Silchester International InvestorsTobacco Free International Value EquityTrust Northern Trust Co 0.63 1,049,975Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Trust Northern Trust Co 9.72 16,115,788The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 0.60 992,970 TOTAL 24,592,926 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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