De La Rue on March 2005 Sequoia was sold to Smartmatic, a multi-national technology company which had developed advanced election systems, voting machines included. In 2003, the company acquired the Debden-based banknote printing operations of the Bank of England. In 2003 and 2004 the company supplied banknotes to Iraq. The company was recognised by Hermann Simon as a role model for other small- to medium-sized businesses in his book "Hidden Champions". The Highest Perfection, a history of De La Rue was published in 2011. Written by Peter Pugh for De La Rue, it covered the years 1712–2003. In August 2014, the company announced
Les Sages Poètes de la Rue glorious beginning. Their fourth album, "Trésors Enfouis" was released in 2005. The public still loyal to the band welcomes this album “concept”. Les Sages Poètes de la Rue are currently planning their come back with a fifth album promoting hip-hop real values of peace and unity on jazzy vibes and punchy lyrics with classic hip-hop beats. This album should be released in 2010 and as a teaser fans have been offered the second volume of Tresors Enfouis released last June. On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Sages-Potes-de-la-Rue/8273628685 Les Sages Poètes de la Rue Les Sages Poètes de la Rue (The Wise Poets of the