BUZZ-De La Rue: stop press

** De La Rue (Other OTC: DELRF - news) shares lose more than a quarter of their value & suffer their biggest single-day drop since Feb 2003 on warning on profits & dividend.

** Company cuts 2015 expectations & says full-year dividend could be at risk.

** Pricing on number of long-term contracts under pressure and will hit margins, company says.

** Heavy volumes in stock with 1.5x daily average traded in first 20 minutes.

** Stock biggest loser by far among UK midcaps.

** Top-ranked broker Investec (LSE: INVP.L - news) slashes PT by 34 pct, rest of the Street expected to follow suit.

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)