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OLD MUTUAL PLC - Results of Noteholder Meeting and Tender Offers and Increase in Purchase Funds Available for use in Tender Offer

Release Date: 24/11/2017 07:30
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Results of Noteholder Meeting and Tender Offers and Increase in Purchase Funds Available for use in Tender Offer

   OLD MUTUAL PLC
   ISIN CODE: GB00B77J0862
   JSE SHARE CODE: OML
   NSX SHARE CODE: OLM
   ISSUER CODE: OLOMOL
   Old Mutual plc

   Ref 275/17
   23 November 2017

   NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ANY U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S.
   SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) (“U.S. PERSON”) OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT
   IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (TOGETHER, THE “UNITED
   STATES”) OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON WHERE OR TO WHOM IT IS
   UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT.

   RESULTS OF NOTEHOLDER MEETING AND TENDER OFFERS AND INCREASE IN
   PURCHASE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN TENDER OFFER

   Old Mutual plc (the “Company”) hereby announces (i) the results of its any-and-all tender offer and
   proposal for its outstanding £450,000,000 7.875 per cent. Subordinated Notes due 3 November 2025
   (ISIN: XS1312138750) (the “2025 Securities”), (ii) the results of its tender offer for its outstanding
   £500,000,000 8 per cent. Subordinated Notes due 3 June 2021 (ISIN: XS0632932538) (the “2021
   Securities” and, together with the 2025 Securities, the “Securities”), (iii) an increase in the Total 2021
   Securities Purchase Funds Available and (iv) the execution of the Supplemental Trust Deed in relation
   to the 2025 Securities.

   On 25 October 2017, the Company announced its invitation:

   (i) to holders of its 2021 Securities (the “2021 Securityholders”) and to holders of its 2025 Securities
       (the “2025 Securityholders”) to tender their Securities for purchase by the Company for cash (each
       an “Offer” and, together, the “Offers”); and

   (ii) in respect of the 2025 Securityholders only, to approve certain modifications to the terms and
        conditions of the 2025 Securities to modify certain restrictions on the purchase of 2025 Securities
        by the Company to permit acceptance by the Company of 2025 Securities validly tendered (the
        “Proposal”),

   The Offers and the Proposal were made on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Tender
   Offer and Solicitation Memorandum dated 25 October 2017 (the “Tender Offer and Solicitation
   Memorandum”, as amended by the announcement of the Company on 9 November 2017). Capitalised
   terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer
   and Solicitation Memorandum.

   The 2021 Offer expired at 4.00 p.m., London time, on 3 November 2017 and the 2025 Offer ultimately
   expired at 4.00 p.m., London time, on 21 November 2017. The Consent Expiration Deadline passed at
   4.00 p.m., London time, on 21 November 2017.

       Results of the Proposal and the 2025 Offer
       The Meeting to consider the Proposal was held earlier today, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to 2025
       Securityholders that:

       (a)   at the Meeting, the Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed and the Proposal approved; and

       (b)   the Supplemental Trust Deed referred to in the Extraordinary Resolution has been executed by
             the Company and the Trustee, and the 2025 Conditions have been amended accordingly.

       The principal amount of 2025 Securities validly tendered by 2025 Securityholders pursuant to the 2025
       Offer was £389,158,000, representing 86.48% of the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the
       2025 Securities. The Company has decided to accept for purchase all 2025 Securities validly tendered
       pursuant to the 2025 Offer. The 2025 Securities Acceptance Amount is £389,158,000.

       2025 Securityholders who delivered, or arranged to have delivered on their behalf, a valid Voting-Only
       Instruction in favour of the Proposal which was received by the Tender Agent by the Early Consent
       Deadline will receive the Early Consent Amount on the Settlement Date (as defined below).
       Results of the 2021 Offer

       As set out in the Tender Offer and Solicitation Memorandum, the Company may at any time before any
       acceptance by the Company of Securities validly tendered in the relevant Offer(s), subject to applicable
       law, at its option and its sole and absolute discretion, extend, re-open or amend an Offer in any respect
       (including, but not limited to, any extension, re-opening or amendment, as applicable, in relation to the
       Total 2021 Securities Purchase Funds Available).

       The Company hereby announces the exercise of its discretion, in accordance with the terms of the
       Offers as described in the section entitled “Amendment and Termination” of the Tender Offer and
       Solicitation Memorandum, to increase the amount of the Total 2021 Securities Purchase Funds
       Available to £675,000,000 minus the total amount (excluding all Accrued Interest Payments in respect
       of the relevant 2025 Securities) that would be payable by the Company for all 2025 Securities accepted
       for purchase pursuant to the 2025 Offer. Based upon the 2025 Purchase Price and the 2025 Securities
       Acceptance Amount, the Total 2021 Securities Purchase Funds Available is £188,552,500.

       For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with the terms of the Offers as described in the section
       entitled “Amendment and Termination – Revocation Rights” of the Tender Offer and Solicitation
       Memorandum, the Company does not consider the increase in the amount of the Total 2021 Securities
       Purchase Funds Available to be materially prejudicial to Securityholders that have already tendered
       Securities in the Offers or submitted Voting-Only Instructions in respect of the Proposal.

       The principal amount of 2021 Securities validly tendered by 2021 Securityholders pursuant to the 2021
       Offer was £302,703,000, representing 60.54% of the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the
       2021 Securities. The Company has decided to set the 2021 Securities Acceptance Amount at
       £159,116,000 and, accordingly, to accept for purchase 2021 Securities validly tendered pursuant to the
       2021 Offer on a pro-rata basis. The pro-ration factor to be applied to valid tenders of 2021 Securities is
       55.3150%.

       Settlement and cancellation
       Settlement of the Offers is expected to take place on 24 November 2017 (the “Settlement Date”).

       All Securities which are purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offers will forthwith be cancelled.
       Following cancellation of such Securities, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2025
       Securities shall be £60,842,000 and the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2021 Securities
       shall be £340,884,000.


                                                The Dealer Managers

                     Merrill Lynch International                       Nedbank Limited, London Branch
                       2 King Edward Street                                         1st Floor
                         London EC1A 1HQ                                   Millennium Bridge House
                           United Kingdom                                        2 Lambeth Hill
                                                                              London EC4V 4GG
                       Telephone: +44 20 7996 5420
                   Attention: Liability Management Group                 Telephone: +44 20 7002 3540
                    Email: DG.LM_EMEA@baml.com                     Attention: Head of Legal and Head of
                                                                                   Compliance
                                                                 Email: liability.management@nedbank.co.uk


                                                    The Tender Agent

                                           Lucid Issuer Services Limited
                                                  Tankerton Works
                                                   12 Argyle Walk
                                                London WC1H 8HA
                                                   United Kingdom

                                            Telephone: + 44 20 7704 0880
                                      Attention: Thomas Choquet / Arlind Bytyqi
                                           Email: oldmutual@lucid-is.com


       DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer and Solicitation
       Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this
       announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer and Solicitation
       Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this
       announcement and/or the Tender Offer and Solicitation Memorandum comes are required by each of
       the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe,
       any such restrictions.


       Enquiries
       External communications
       Patrick Bowes                                      +44 20 7002 7440
       Investor relations
       Dominic Lagan (Old Mutual plc)                     +44 20 7002 7190
       John-Paul Crutchley (Old Mutual Wealth)            +44 20 7002 7016
       Nwabisa Piki (Old Mutual Emerging Markets)         +27 11 217 1951

       Media
       William Baldwin-Charles                            +44 20 7002 7133
                                                          +44 7834 524833

       Sponsor:
       Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd

       Joint Sponsor:
       Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking

       Notes to Editors

       About Old Mutual plc

       Old Mutual plc is a holding company for several financial services companies. In March 2016, it announced a new
       strategy of managed separation entailing the separation of its underlying businesses into independently-listed,
       standalone entities.

       The managed separation strategy seeks to preserve and release the value currently trapped within the group
       structure. The managed separation will be materially complete by the end of 2018.

       OM Asset Management, a US based institutional asset manager, is now independent from Old Mutual. The
       remaining underlying businesses are:

       Old Mutual Emerging Markets: A South African based leading provider of financial services in sub-Saharan
       Africa.

       Nedbank: One of South Africa’s largest banks, with a 20% stake in pan-African Ecobank Transnational Inc.

       Old Mutual Wealth: a leading, integrated, advice-led wealth management business focused on the UK upper and
       middle market.

       For the year ended 31 December 2016, Old Mutual reported an adjusted operating profit before tax of £1.7 billion
       and had £395 billion of funds under management. For further information on Old Mutual plc and the underlying
       businesses, please visit the corporate website at www.oldmutualplc.com



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