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Investec PLC 23 January 2007 Investec Limited Investec plc Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Incorporated in England and Wales Registration number 1925/002833/06 Registration number 3633621 JSE share code: INL JSE share code: INP ISIN: ZAE000081949 ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50 As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of those holdings in the securities of Investec plc and Investec Limited which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA'), the UK Companies Act 1985 and/or the JSE Listing Requirements. Accordingly we disclose the following information in accordance with the UK Companies Act 1985: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN INVESTEC PLC SHARES 1. Name of company Investec plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays Bank PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Barclays Bank PLC 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Bank of Ireland 431920 Bank of New York 23505 BBHISL Nominees Limited 6855 BBHISL Nominees Limited 3808 BBHISL Nominees Limited 562 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2963 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2715 BBHISL Nominees Limited 993 BBHISL Nominees Limited 941 BBHISL Nominees Limited 3064 BBHISL Nominees Limited 4033 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1931 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2598 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1071 BBHISL Nominees Limited 845 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1615 BBHISL Nominees Limited 3263 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1450 BBHISL Nominees Limited 9930 BBHISL Nominees Limited 812 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1734 BBHISL Nominees Limited 991 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2022 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1400 BBHISL Nominees Limited 973 BBHISL Nominees Limited 828 BBHISL Nominees Limited 6473 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1298 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1853 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1142 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1296 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2700 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1621 BBHISL Nominees Limited 3830 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1794 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1120 BBHISL Nominees Limited 908 BBHISL Nominees Limited 14446 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2286 BBHISL Nominees Limited 12577 BBHISL Nominees Limited 614 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1319 BBHISL Nominees Limited 634 BBHISL Nominees Limited 670 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1270 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1377 BBHISL Nominees Limited 889 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1225 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2069 BBHISL Nominees Limited 2373 BBHISL Nominees Limited 5741 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1677 BBHISL Nominees Limited 33 BBHISL Nominees Limited 1127 BBHISL Nominees Limited 935 BNP Paribas 73744 Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 3057079 Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 76290 Barclays Global Investors 6449487 Braclays Global Investors Canada 25962 CIBC Mellon Global Securities 49552 Def Barclays Global Investors 27650 Durlacher Nominees Limited 48014 Investors Bank & Trust Company 69955 Investors Bank & Trust Company 148640 Investors Bank & Trust Company 9485 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 1409863 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 13293780 JP Morgan Chase 315300 JP Morgan Chase 381344 JP Morgan Chase Bank 456158 Mellon Trust of New England 64929 Master Trust Bank of Japan 160398 Mellon Trust - US Custodian 158447 Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. 6141 Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. 287579 Northern Trust Bank 302127 R C Greig Nominees Limited 8680 State Street Bank & Trust 31425 State Street Boston 280789 State Street Trust of Canada 116345 The Northern Trust Company 82432 Zeban Nominees Limited 781678 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class Not disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Investec plc ordinary shares of GBP0.0002 each 10. Date of transaction 19 January 2007 11. Date company informed 23 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 28,761,692 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.63% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Mr. Richard Vardy Investec plc Group Company Secretary + 44 (0)207 597 4485 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Mr. Richard Vardy Date of notification 23 January 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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