Transaction in Own Shares

Old Mutual PLC
08 January 2008


Old Mutual plc

Ref 05/08

8 January 2008

                           Transaction in Own Shares

Old Mutual plc ('the Company') announces that on 7 January 2008 it purchased
through Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch a total of 1,690,000 of the Company's
ordinary shares of 10p each.

All of these shares were acquired on the London Stock Exchange at an average
price of 159.61 pence per share.

The purchased shares will be held in treasury. The Company's current issued
share capital is now 5,399,297,782 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding the
110,976,281 shares that have so far been repurchased into treasury).

Old Mutual

For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at
www.oldmutual.com

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