Director/PDMR Shareholding

Investec PLC
26 June 2007


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

As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited
notify both the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges of those interests (and
changes to those interests) of (i) directors of both entities and the respective
company secretaries, (ii) persons discharging managerial responsibilities
(PDMRs) across the group, and (iii) in certain instances the directors of major
subsidiaries of Investec Limited, in the securities of Investec plc and Investec
Limited which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure and Transparency
Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA') and/or the JSE
Listing Requirements.


Accordingly, we advise of the following changes to attributable interests in the
ordinary shares of Investec plc and Investec Limited:

A.          TRANSACTIONS BY A DIRECTOR OF INVESTEC PLC AND INVESTEC LIMITED

1.          TRANSACTIONS IN INVESTEC PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP0.0002 EACH (THE 'INVESTEC PLC ORDINARY SHARES')

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules ('DTR') 3.1.4R (1) (a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b), Investec plc confirms 
that, on the 25th June 2007, a director of Investec plc was granted an award under the Investec Share Matching Plan 
2005 (the 'Incentive Plan').

In terms of The Incentive Plan, as approved by shareholders at Investec plc's Extraordinary General Meeting held on 
Monday, 14th November 2005, an award under the Incentive Plan comprise conditional entitlements to a number of Matching 
Shares, subject to perfomance conditions, taking the form of nil cost options over Investec plc ordinary shares, as set 
out in the table below.

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|Director        |Normal date of vesting                 |Number of Incentive Plan Matching Shares awarded|Total Number 
                                                                                                           of Matching  
                                                                                                           Shares held  
                                                                                                           following the
                                                                                                           award
+----------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------
Glynn Burger    |Tranches - 75% June 2011; 25% June 2012|       150,000                                   |750,000      
                                          |
+----------------+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+----------+

B.         TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

On the 25th June 2007, Investec made forfeitable awards in respect of nil cost
options in the capital of Investec plc and Investec Limited for nil
consideration pursuant to its Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'). In terms of the
LTIP plan rules, 75% of the options are exercisable on 25 June 2011 and the
remaining 25% of the options are exercisable on 25 June 2012, on condition that
the participant is still employed by Investec. The awards are in accordance with
the determination of the Remuneration Committee and with the rules of the LTIP
plan.

1.         TRANSACTIONS IN INVESTEC LIMITED ORDINARY SHARES OF ZAR0.0002 EACH (the 'INVESTEC LIMITED ORDINARY SHARES')

1(a)       Award of nil cost options in Investec Limited ordinary shares

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|PDMR                               |NUMBER OF OPTIONS AWARDED          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Andrew Leith                       |200,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Sam Hackner                        |200,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

2.                   TRANSACTIONS IN INVESTEC PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP0.0002 EACH (THE 'INVESTEC PLC ORDINARY SHARES')

2(a)      Award of nil cost options in Investec plc ordinary shares

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules ('DTR') 3.1.4R (1) (a) and 3.1.4R (1) (b), Investec plc advises of 
the following transactions by PDMRs:

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|PDMR                               |NUMBER OF OPTIONS AWARDED          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Bradley Fried                      |200,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Steven Heilbron                    |200,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|David van der Walt                 |200,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Hendrik du Toit                    |375,000                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Johannesburg and London


26 June 2007


Sponsor:

Investec Bank Limited


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