Holding(s) in Company

Investec PLC
24 September 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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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 and Listing Rules of 
the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA')and/or the JSE Listing 
Requirements.


Accordingly, we advise of the following:

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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                             |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer  |Investec plc -                   |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are       |                                 |
|attached:                                           |GB00B17BBQ50                     |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                   |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               |Yes        |
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|                                                                          |           |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in   |No         |
|the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are       |           |
|attached                                                                  |           |
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|                                                                          |No         |
|                                                                          |           |
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                          |           |
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|                                                                          |No         |
|                                                                          |           |
|Other (please specify):______________                                     |           |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to      |UBS AG Investment Bank                     |
|notification obligation:                  |                                           |
|                                          |                                           |
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|                                          |                                           |
|                                          |                                           |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |UBS AG London Branch                       |
|different from 3):                        |                                           |
|                                          |UBS AG (Switzerland)                       |
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|                                          |                                           |
|                                          |                                           |
|5. Date of transaction (and date on which |19th September 2007                        |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if    |                                           |
|different):                               |                                           |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:         |24th September 2007                        |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    |3.15 %                                     |
|reached:                                  |                                           |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                   |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                   |
|                                                                                      |
|                                                                                      |
+------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|of shares   |to the triggering  |                                                     |
|            |transaction:       |                                                     |
|If possible |                   |                                                     |
|use ISIN    |                   |                                                     |
|code        |                   |                                                     |
|            +---------+---------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|            |Number of|Number of|Number of  |Number of voting    |Percentage of voting|
|            |shares   |voting   |shares     |rights              |rights              |
|            |         |rights   |           |                    |                    |
|            |         |         |           +----------+---------+----------+---------+
|            |         |         |           |          |         |          |         |
|            |         |         |           |          |         |          |         |
|            |         |         |           |Direct    |Indirect |Direct    |Indirect |
|            |-        |         |           |          |         |          |         |
|            |         |-        |           |          |         |          |         |
|            |         |         |13,105,426 |          |         |          |         |
|GB00B17BBQ50|         |         |           |13,105,426|-        |3.15 %    |-        |
|            |         |         |           |          |         |          |         |
+------------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+---------+
|                                                                                      |
|                                                                                      |
|                                                                                      |
+------------+---------+---------+---------+-+-------+--+---------+--------+-+---------+
+------------+---------+---------+---------+-+-------+--+---------+--------+-+---------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Financial Instruments                                                        |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|Type of        |Expiration date|Exercise/      |No. of voting   |Percentage of  |
|financial      |               |conversion     |rights that may |voting rights  |
|instrument     |               |period/date    |be acquired (if |               |
|               |               |               |the instrument  |               |
|               |               |               |exercised/      |               |
|               |               |               |converted)      |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|-              |-              |-              |-               |-              |
|               |               |               |                |               |
|               |               |               |                |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+



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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights               |Percentage of voting rights           |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|13,105,426                            |3.15 %                                |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
|                  UBS AG London Branch - 12,917,826 - 3.12%                  |
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
|                   UBS AG (Switzerland) - 125,600 - 0.03%                    |
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:             |N/A                                   |
|                                      |                                      |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy     |N/A                                   |
|holder will cease to hold:            |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will   |N/A                                   |
|cease to hold voting rights:          |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
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|13. Additional information:           |-                                     |
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|14 Contact name:                      |Cintia Goertz                         |
|                                      |                                      |
|                                      |Director                              |
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|                                      |UBS AG                                |
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|15. Contact telephone number:         |0207 568 4981                         |
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