OLD MUTUAL PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

OLD MUTUAL PLC
ISIN CODE: GB0007389926
ISSUER CODE: OLOML
JSE SHARE CODE: OML
NSX SHARE CODE: OLM


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                Old Mutual PLC
           ii
attached:

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                                    BlackRock, Inc.
notification obligation: iii



4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on
                                                                        th
which the threshold is crossed or                                  18 January 2013
reached: v
                                                                        nd
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  22        January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                               Holding has gone above 5%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of       Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares              to the triggering
                    transaction
                                                                                                                  x
if possible using   Number          Number         Number      Number of voting             % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE       of              of             of          rights
                    Shares          Voting         shares
                                    Rights                     Direct                 xii
                                                   Direct      xi          Indirect         Direct         Indirect

GB00B77J0862        N/A            N/A             N/A         N/A         241,440,319      N/A            4.93%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial          Expiration    Exercise/                   Number of voting               % of voting
instrument                 date xiii     Conversion Period xiv       rights that may be             rights
                                                                     acquired if the
                                                                     instrument is
                                                                     exercised/ converted.




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
xv, xvi


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights         % of voting rights xix,
                                        xvii                                                   xx
instrument            price        date         Conversion     instrument refers to
                                                       xviii
                                                period
                                                                                               Nominal       Delta
CFD                                                            3,214,121
                                                                                               0.07%         0.07%



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights

244,654,440                                              5.00%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 244,654,440 (5.00%)




Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:                                    Martin Murray


15. Contact telephone number:                        020 7002 7109




Sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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