Share Interests

Old Mutual PLC
28 April 2006


                                  Old Mutual plc

                                 Share interests


By notification dated 25 April 2006 received yesterday, Old Mutual plc (the
'Company') has been informed that Barclays PLC, through the legal entities
listed below, on 24 April 2006 had an interest in 247,224,042 shares in the
Company, representing 4.51% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd                                   389,025                       
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                       15,177,421
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                      2,504,620
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                              4,437,719
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                                  4,308,649
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking                      6,328,776
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                      108,399,509
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                     88,357,769
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                      12,701,674
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                    718,796
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                            2,402,044
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                          7,544
ABSA Bank Limited                                                      756,650
Gerrard Limited                                                        733,846


The Company has also today received a notice dated 27 April 2006 informing it
that Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ceased at the close of business on
25 April 2006 to have a notifiable interest, for the purposes of Part VI of the
UK Companies Act 1985, in the Company's ordinary share capital.



                                                                   28 April 2006





Enquiries:

Old Mutual plc
Malcolm Bell - Investor Relations (UK)         + 44 (0) 20 7002 7166
Miranda Bellord - Media Relations (UK)         + 44 (0) 20 7002 7133
Deward Serfontein - Investor Relations (SA)    + 27 21 509 8709
Nad Pillay - Media Relations (SA)              + 27 11 523 9612

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Alex Sandberg                                  + 44 (0) 20 7457 2020






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