OLD MUTUAL PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                     Old Mutual PLC
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 An adjustment by BlackRock to the calculation of notifiable interest in voting
specify): rights


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



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

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                                          10 December 2013
reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                          12 December 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                        Holding has gone below 5%
reached:
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
GB00B77J0862        241,406,155   241,406,155    N/A           N/A          N/A          N/A            N/A



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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial      Exercise    Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
instrument             price       date         Conversion     instrument refers to
                                                period
                                                                                             Nominal      Delta




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

N/A                                                       Below 5%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – N/A (Below 5%)




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


13 December 2013

Lead sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Joint sponsor:
Nedbank Capital

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