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De La Rue PLC22 December 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 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of20,885,629 shares representing some 12.98% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 160,900,247. 8. Percentage of issued class. As at 20 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of20,885,629 shares representing some 12.98% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 160,900,247. 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 20 December 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Letter received 21 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. As at 20 December 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and itssubsidiary and affiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of20,885,629 shares representing some 12.978% of the total number of shares inissue, namely 160,900,247. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 12.98% 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 20,630,596 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients underinvestment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 5,861,172 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) 14,769,424 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 155,033 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 20,885,629 shares,representing some 12.978% of the total number of shares in issue, namely162,840,247. SCHEDULE A REGISTRATION AMOUNT Chase Nominees Limited 6,157,705Citibank 2,492,795HSBC 271,700HSBC Global Custody Nominees 86,443JPMorgan Bank Luxembourg SA 421,589Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 542,750Mellon Trust 335,370MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277Nortrust Nominees Limited 975,454Nutraco Nominees Ltd 380,746RBSTB Nominees Ltd 799,169State Street Bank and Trust Co. 837,021State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57 257,810State Street Nominees Ltd 863,895The Bank of New York 117,700 TOTAL 14,769,424 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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