Holding(s) in Company

Investec PLC
05 July 2007


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|Investec Limited                         |Investec plc                             |
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|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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As part of the dual listed company ('DLC') structure, Investec plc and Investec
Limited notify both the London Stock  Exchange and the JSE Limited of matters
which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure & Transparency and 
Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA') and/or the
JSE Listing Requirements.

Accordingly, we advise of the following:


TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):


Investec plc


2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:


Yes


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:


N/A


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:


N/A


Other (please specify):


N/A


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):


AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies.


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


N/A


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
(v):


02 July 2007


6. Date on which issuer notified:


05 July 2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


5%

8. Notified details:



A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares   Situation previous to  Resulting situation
if possible using the  the Triggering         after the triggering
ISIN CODE              transaction (vi)       transaction (vi)
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights
                                              (viii)

Investec plc Ordinary  18,808,328             18,808,328
Shares (ISIN
GB00B17BBQ50)


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights
if possible using                      (ix)
the ISIN CODE
                     Direct            Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect

Investec plc         1,255,226         1,255,226  17,661,490      0.33      4.69
Ordinary Shares
(ISIN GB00B17BBQ50)


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights
instrument                                       acquired if the
                                                 instrument is
                                                 exercised/
                                                 converted.

N/A




Total (A+B)

Number of voting       % of voting
rights                 rights

18,916,716             5.02%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

 Name of the Company /       Number of Shares     % of issued share
          Fund                                         capital

AXA Ireland Pension Fund          2,522                0.00067
        Indirect

AXA Rosenberg                    413,600               0.10973
         Direct

AXA UK Investment Co              21,710               0.00576
ICVC
Global Distribution Fund
        Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co              68,743               0.01824
ICVC
Global Growth Fund
        Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co             100,000               0.02653
ICVC
Ethical Fund
        Indirect

AXA Rosenberg                    333,600               0.08851
         Direct

AXA Colonia Konzern               34,812               0.00924
        Indirect

AXA France                        5,525                0.00147
        Indirect

AXA Rosenberg                   17,156,463             4.55182
        Indirect

AXA Financial, Inc *              1,230                0.00033
        Indirect

Sun Life Pensions Management      1,000                0.00027
Ltd
         Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance           68,700               0.01823
Ltd
FTSE All Share Tracker
         Direct

Sun Life Pensions                338,709               0.08986
Management
FTSE All Share Tracker
         Direct

AXA Framlington                  270,485               0.07176
Framlington Income &
Capital
        Indirect

AXA Winterthur                    99,617               0.02643
         Direct

            Total Direct        1,255,226              0.33303
          Total Indirect        17,661,490             4.68581
                   TOTAL        18,916,716             5.01884


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


N/A


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


N/A


13. Additional information:



14. Contact name:


David Miller

Company Secretary Investec plc


15. Contact telephone number:


0207 597 4541


Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation


Full name (including legal form for legal entities):


AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies.


Contact address (registered office for legal entities)


25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris


Phone number:


N/A


Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):


N/A


B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)


Full name:


Terry Marsh


Contact address:


AXA Investment Managers UK Limited, 7 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7NX


Phone number:


020 7003 2637


Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):


AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsiduary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn
indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.


C: Additional information :


N/A


Notes to the Forms

(i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

(ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

(iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in
DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration
the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when
the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit
taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

(iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural
person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

(v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see
DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took
effect.

(vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, in
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state 'below 3%'.

(vii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is less than 3%.

For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

(viii) Direct and indirect

(ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

(x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct
shareholder (DTR 5.1)

(xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)

(xii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.

(xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.

(xiv) If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the (date)

(xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 5% or
more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

(xvi ) This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

(xvii) Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3



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