Mutual & Federal Interims

Old Mutual PLC
25 July 2005


                   Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited
             Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2005


Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited ('Mutual & Federal'), the South
African general insurance subsidiary of Old Mutual plc ('Old Mutual'), has today
issued its results for the six months ended 30 June 2005.

The full text of the Mutual & Federal announcement is available on the Old
Mutual website at www.oldmutual.com or on the JSE Securities Exchange News
Service (SENS). A hard copy is also available from Corporate Affairs, Old Mutual
plc, 5th Floor, Old Mutual Place, 2 Lambeth Hill, London EC4V 4GG or Old Mutual
Square, Isibaya Building, 2nd Floor, 93 Grayston Drive, Sandton 2196, South
Africa.

Old Mutual will release its interim results on 10 August 2005.

                                                                    25 July 2005

ENQUIRIES:

Old Mutual plc UK
Miranda Bellord     [phone]

Old Mutual plc SA
Nad Pillay          [phone]


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