Directors' shareholdings

Investec PLC
17 March 2005


 
Notification of Directors' attributable interests
 
Investec plc received notification on the 16th March 2005 of changes to the
attributable interests of certain directors  as set out below:
 
1.            Investec plc 
 
1.1           Mr Bernard Kantor
 
Nature of transaction          Disposal following exercise of share options     

Number of shares disposed      11,554  

Percentage of issued class     <0.001%                                          

Class of security              Investec plc ordinary shares of £0.001 each      

Price per share                £16.45  

Date of transaction            15 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 
The 11,554 shares were disposed following the exercise on the 15th March 2005 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 Kantor holds options over 38,446 ordinary
shares in Investec plc.
 
1.2        Mr Alan Tapnack
 
Nature of transaction          Disposal                                         

Number of shares disposed      12,280  

Percentage of issued class     <0.001%                                          

Class of security              Investec plc ordinary shares of £0.001 each      

Price per share                ZAR190.50                                        

Date of transaction            15 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 
1.3        Attributable interests following this notification
 
Following this notification, the directors' total beneficial and non-beneficial 
holdings and the total percentage holdings of Investec plc Ordinary Shares are 
as laid out in the table below:
 
Director                           Beneficial and             Percentage of issued      
                                   non-beneficial holdings    class                     

Mr Bernard Kantor                  122,900                    0.002%                                            
                                   
Mr Alan Tapnack                    21,211                     <0.001%                                           
 
2.         Attributable interests in the securities of Investec Limited and 
           Investec Bank Limited  
 
As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited
voluntarily notify both the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges of those
interests (and changes to those interests) of directors of both entities and the
respective company secretaries, and in certain instances the directors of
significant subsidiaries of Investec Limited, in the securities of Investec plc
and Investec Limited which are required to be disclosed under the Listing Rules
of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and/or the JSE Listing Requirements.
 
Accordingly, we also advise the following:
 
2.1                     Attributable interests in Investec Limited 
 
In accordance with the JSE Listing Requirements requiring disclosure of dealings
in securities of Investec Limited, changes to the interests in the ordinary
share capital of Investec Limited of Mr  Bernard Kantor and Mr Alan Tapnack are
laid out in the table below:
 
Name of director               Mr Bernard Kantor                                

Nature of transaction          Acquisition                                      

Number of shares acquired      7,353  

Class of security              Investec Limited ordinary shares of ZAR0.001     
                               each                                             

Price per share                ZAR186.00                                        

Date of transaction            16 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 
Name of director               Mr Alan Tapnack                                  

Nature of transaction          Disposal                                         

Number of shares acquired      7,212  

Class of security              Investec Limited ordinary shares of ZAR0.001     
                               each                                             

Price per share                ZAR188.50                                        

Date of transaction            15 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 
2.2          Attributable interests in Investec Bank Limited 
 
 
In accordance with the JSE Listing Requirements requiring disclosure of dealings
in securities of Investec plc and Investec Limited by the directors of major
subsidiaries of Investec Limited as well as by the Company Secretaries of
Investec Limited or Investec plc, changes to the interests in the ordinary share
capital of Investec plc and Investec  Limited of Mr Bradley Tapnack, a director
of Investec Bank Limited (a company incorporated in the Republic of South 
Africa) are laid out in the table below:
 
Nature of transaction          Disposal                                         

Number of shares acquired      16,745  

Class of security              Investec plc ordinary shares of £0.001 each      

Price per share                ZAR190.50                                        

Date of transaction            15 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 
Nature of transaction          Disposal                                         

Number of shares acquired      9,835  

Class of security              Investec Limited ordinary shares of ZAR0.001     
                               each                                             

Price per share                ZAR188.50                                        

Date of transaction            15 March 2005                                    

Date company informed          16 March 2005                                    
 

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