De La Rue

De La Rue plc
Company type	Public limited company
Traded as	LSE: DLAR
ISIN	GB00B3DGH821
Industry	Printing
Founded	1821
Founder	Thomas de la Rue
Headquarters	Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Key people	Clive Vacher (CEO); Clive Whiley (Chairman);
Revenue	£310.3 million (2024)
Operating income	£5.8 million (2024)
Net income	£(19.1) million (2024)
Number of employees	1,674 (2024)
Website	www.delarue.com

De La Rue plc (UK: /ˈdɛləruː/, US: /ˌdɛləˈruː/) is a British company headquartered in Basingstoke, England, that produces secure digital and physical protections for goods, trade, and identities in 140 countries.^[1] It sells to governments, central banks, and businesses. Its authentication division provides government revenue technology, brand protection, and ID security, such as polycarbonate data pages for passports. Its currency division designs and produces banknotes, secure polymer substrate and banknote security features. This includes security holograms, security threads and security printed products for central banks and currency issuing authorities. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is the world's largest commercial printer of banknotes.^[2]

In April 2025, the company agreed a £263 million takeover by Atlas Holdings, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and set to be completed in the third quarter of 2025.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Annual Report 2024" (PDF). De La Rue plc. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
^ Newcomb, Alyssa (3 December 2019). "World's largest printer of money is running out of money". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023. It is the largest commercial printer in the world, produces passports for 40 countries, and has designed 36 percent of all banknote denominations in circulation...
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[ar-1] "Annual Report 2024" (PDF). De La Rue plc. Retrieved 10 February 2025.

[Newcomb-2] Newcomb, Alyssa (3 December 2019). "World's largest printer of money is running out of money". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023. It is the largest commercial printer in the world, produces passports for 40 countries, and has designed 36 percent of all banknote denominations in circulation...

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