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De La Rue PLC23 October 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 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiaryand affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. 8. Percentage of issued class. 9.As at 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiaryand affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. 10. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 11. Date of Transaction. 20 October 2006 12. Date listed company informed. Letter received 20 October 2006 13. Total holding following this notification. As at 20 October 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiaryand affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 27,672,190shares representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. 14. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 16.993% 15. Any additional information. Please see schedule below 16. Name of contact and telephone number for queries. Louise Fluker, General Counsel & Company Secretary 01256 605311 17. 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 27,381,524 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients underinvestment management agreements. Included in this figure are:(i) 1,531,032 shares registered or to be registered in the nameof our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited(Schroder Nominees), (ii) 8,388,874 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) 17,461,618 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 27,672,190 shares,representing some 16.993% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. SCHEDULE A REGISTRATION AMOUNT Chase Nominees Limited 5,529,383Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 331,662Citibank 2,758,516HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd 365,343HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 119,019JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA 421,589Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 884,041Mellon Trust 335,370MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277Nortrust Nominees Limited 1,902,447Nutraco Nominees Ltd 394,546RBSTB Nominees Ltd 960,410State Street Bank and Trust Co. 919,193State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57 438,670State Street Nominees Ltd 1,669,413The Bank of New York 202,739 TOTAL 17,461,618 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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