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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. 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, hasnotified the Company that following recent purchases/sales of shares in theCompany it now has control over 19,153,491 shares representing 11.76% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 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 19,153,491 shares representing 11.76% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 27 7/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 17 November 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 17 November 2006 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 19,153,491 shares representing 11.76% of thetotal number of shares in issue, namely 162,840,247. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 11.76% 14. Any additional information. Please see schedule below 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries. Mark Fearon, Head of Corporate Affairs 01256 605303Louise 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 % Shareholding ---Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Group Trust Northern Trust Co 3.20 5,215,301 Silchester International InvestorsTobacco Free International ValueEquity Trust Northern Trust Co 0.49 806,004 Silchester International InvestorsInternational Value Equity Trust Northern Trust Co 7.53 12,266,081 The Calleva Trust Northern Trust Co 0.53 866,105 TOTAL 19,153,491 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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