Share Interests

Old Mutual PLC 23 January 2007 Old Mutual plc Ref: 03/07 23 January 2007 Interests in shares and total voting rights Old Mutual plc (the 'Company') announces that on 19 January 2007 it received a notice dated 18 January 2007 informing the Company that Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had at 17 January 2007 a notifiable interest in 218,149,330 ordinary shares, representing 3.97% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company and 4.19% of the total voting rights in the Company's ordinary share capital. Further details of the shareholdings making up this aggregate figure were as follows: Barclays Global Investors Ltd 80,731,412 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 78,976,578 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 19,925,380 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 12,759,724 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 8,611,713 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 6,127,191 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 4,068,543 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 2,938,035 Gerrard Limited 2,266,478 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 499,616 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 406,779 Barclays Capital Inc. 402,000 Absa Portfolio Managers 251,443 Abvest Associates (Pty) Ltd 169,175 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 15,263 The Company further announces that on 22 January 2007 it received a notice dated 19 January 2007 informing the Company that Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates had at that date a notifiable interest in 330,214,835 ordinary shares, representing 6.00% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company and 6.34% of the total voting rights in the Company's ordinary share capital. Further details of the shareholdings making up this aggregate figure were as follows: JP Morgan Chase - London 259,774,600 State Street Bank - London 30,807,434 Mellon Bank NA - London 9,377,570 Royal Trust Corp of Canada - London 8,607,420 Citibank - London 6,150,750 Bank of New York - London 4,918,270 Merrill Lynch Intl. Ltd. - London 4,841,250 Northern Trust Company - London 3,736,368 HSBC Bank plc - London 1,683,576 Northern Trust Company - Luxembourg 262,467 Euroclear - Bruxelles 55,130 The Company's issued ordinary share capital currently comprises 5,500,895,508 ordinary shares of 10p each. African life subsidiaries of the Company hold a total of 291,353,574 ordinary shares in the Company in their policyholders' funds. These shares cannot be voted while they are held by subsidiaries of Old Mutual plc because of applicable provisions of UK company law. Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company's ordinary share capital is 5,209,541,934. Old Mutual For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at www.oldmutual.com Enquiries Investor Relations Malcolm Bell UK +44 (0)20 7002 7166 Media Katie Bell UK +44 (0)20 7002 7163 Nad Pillay SA +27 (0)82 553 7980 Forward-looking statements This announcement or presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to certain of Old Mutual plc's plans and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition, performance and results. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances that are beyond Old Mutual plc's control, including, among other things, UK domestic and global economic and business conditions, market-related risks such as fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates, policies and actions of regulatory authorities, the impact of competition, inflation, deflation, the timing and impact of other uncertainties or of future acquisitions or combinations within relevant industries, as well as the impact of tax and other legislation and other regulations in territories where Old Mutual plc or its affiliates operate. As a result, Old Mutual plc's actual future financial condition, performance and results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set forth in Old Mutual plc's forward-looking statements. Old Mutual plc undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement or presentation or any other forward-looking statements that it may make. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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