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De La Rue PLC01 September 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 1 September 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of29,311,573 shares representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 162,875,247. 8. Percentage of issued class. 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 1 September 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 1 September 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. As at 1 September 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of29,311,573 shares representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 162,875,247. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 17.99% 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 29,020,907 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients underinvestment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 4,801,804 shares registered or to be registered in the nameof our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited(Schroder Nominees), (ii) 9,557,870 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) 14,661,233 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 190,666 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 29,311,573 shares,representing some 17.99% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,875,247. SCHEDULE AREGISTRATION AMOUNTChase Nominees Limited 2,374,195Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 421,650Citibank 2,731,822HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 119,019HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd 472,680Investors Tst & Custodial Services 65,450JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA 421,589Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 942,750Mellon Trust 335,370MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,006,950Nutraco Nominees Ltd 394,546RBSTB Nominees Ltd 1,003,300State Street Bank and Trust Co. 927,021State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57 477,810State Street Nominees Ltd 1,737,804 TOTAL 14,661,233 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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