INVESTEC PLC - Notification of major interest in shares

Notification of major interest in shares

Investec Limited                                      Investec plc
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa          Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number 1925/002833/06                    Registration number 3633621
JSE share code: INL                                   JSE share code: INP
ISIN: ZAE000081949                                    ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50

                                             (jointly “Investec”)

As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited notify both the
London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of matters which are required to be disclosed under
the Disclosure, Transparency and Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the
“UKLA”) and/or the JSE Listing Requirements.

Accordingly, we advise of the following:


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                                     Investec PLC
attached: ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                             X

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 which the threshold is 
crossed or reached:  v                                                           8th November 2013


6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                12th November 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
                                                                                                                    
if possible using    Number         Number       Number        Number of voting               % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE        of             of           of shares     rights
                     Shares         Voting       Direct        Direct        Indirect         Direct         Indirect
                                    Rights
GB00B17BBQ50         N/A           N/A           N/A           N/A           30,262,143       N/A            4.97%




B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial          Expiration    Exercise/                   Number of voting                 % of voting
instrument                 date          Conversion Period           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
                                                                                                                        xix,
Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights           % of voting rights
instrument            price        date         Conversion     instrument refers to
                                                period
                                                                                                 Nominal       Delta
CFD                                                            183,901
                                                                                                 0.03%         0.03%



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

30,446,044                                                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 – 30,446,044 (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:                          BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team


14. Contact name:                                    Duncan Murray


15. Contact telephone number:                        020 7743 3334

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