De La Rue Regulatory News (DLAR)

5 May 2006 14:31

De La Rue PLC05 May 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. As at 5 May 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary andaffiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 36,147,710 sharesrepresenting some 21.857% of the total number of shares in issue, namely165,361,177. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed. As at 5 May 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary andaffiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 36,147,710 sharesrepresenting some 21.857% of the total number of shares in issue, namely165,361,177. 8. Percentage of issued class. 9. Class of Security. Ordinary Shares of 277/9p 10. Date of Transaction. 5 Mayl 2006 11. Date listed company informed. Fax received 5 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification. As at 5 May 2006, Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary andaffiliated companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 36,147,710 sharesrepresenting some 21.857% of the total number of shares in issue, namely165,361,177. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 22.467% 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 35,772,723 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients underinvestment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 11,567,604 shares registered or to be registered in thename of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited(Schroder Nominees), (ii) 11,033,299 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) 13,171,820 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 256,087 shares. These shares are registered or to beregistered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman. Also Schroder & Co Bank AG (S&Co Bank) is managing a portfolio holding a further 18,900 shares. Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliatedcompanies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 36,147,710 shares,representing some 21.857% of the total number of shares in issue, namely165,361,177. SCHEDULE AREGISTRATION AMOUNTChase Manhattan Bank 916,589Chase Nominees Limited 1,357,824Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 421,650HSBC Global Custody Nom.(UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 119,019Investors Tst & Custodial Services 100,450Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 942,750Mellon Trust 435,370Morgan Nominees Ltd 97,560MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 229,277Nortrust Nominees Limited 3,901,813Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13 49,706Nutraco Nominees Ltrd 339,546RBSTB Nominees Ltd 995,448State Street Bank and Trust Co. 846,121State Street Nominees Ltd 2,038,447State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57 477,810TOTAL 13,171,820 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange