Director Shareholding

Investec PLC
14 January 2005


                                                            
                                                                                
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS          

 

1. Name of company

 
Investec plc                                                                    

 

2. Name of director

 
Alan Tapnack                                                                    

 

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

 
In respect of the holder named in 2 above                                       

 

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)

 
Alan Tapnack                                                                    

 

5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

 
N/A                                                                             

 

6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

 
Disposal of ordinary shares of £0.001 each in Investec plc                      

 

7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

 
N/A                                                                             

 

8. Percentage of issued class

 
N/A                                                                             

 

9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

 
   11,554  

 

10. Percentage of issued class

    0.015% 

 

11. Class of security

 
Ordinary shares of £0.001 each in Investec plc                                  

 

12. Price per share

 
    £15.90  

 

13. Date of transaction

 
12th January 2005                                                               

 

14. Date company informed

 
13th January 2005                                                               

 

15. Total holding following this notification

 
    33,491  

 

16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

 
    0.04% 

 

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

 

17. Date of grant

 
N/A                                                                             

 

18. Period during which or date on which exercisable

 
N/A                                                                             

 

19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

 
N/A                                                                             

 

20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

 
N/A                                                                             

 

21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise

 
N/A                                                                             

 

22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification

 
N/A                                                                             

 

23. Any additional information

 
The 11,554 shares referred to in 9 above were disposed following the exercise on
the 12th January 2004 of 11,554 options held in terms of the Investec Share     
Option Plan 2002. The date of grant for these options was the 20th December 2002
with an exercise price of £7.93. Following this notification, Mr Tapnack holds  
options over 73,884 ordinary shares in Investec plc.                            

 

24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

 
Richard Vardy                                                                   
Group Company Secretary                                                         
[phone]                                                            

 

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

 
As above                                                                        

 

Date of Notification

 
14th January 2005                                                               

 





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