Directors' share interests

Old Mutual PLC
22 August 2005


                           Directors' share interests


Mr J V F Roberts, Group Finance Director of Old Mutual plc ('the Company'), has
today had released to him under the terms of the Company's Restricted Share Plan
50,200 shares in the Company. An award of 150,600 restricted shares was made to
Mr Roberts on 8 September 2000 on terms that one-third of them would be released
to him on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of his appointment
to the Board of the Company. The fifth anniversary of that appointment fell on
21 August 2005.

Mr Roberts has agreed to discharge the tax and employee's national insurance
arising on the release of these shares to him out of his own resources.

Following the above release of restricted shares, Mr Roberts (together with his
connected persons, for the purposes of section 346 of the UK Companies Act 1985)
now owns a total of 452,375 shares in the Company. He also has a contingent
interest in a further 387,904 shares in the Company under the terms of the
Company's Restricted Share Plan: these are, firstly, a total of 278,384 shares
awarded under bonus matching arrangements applicable to the performance years
ended 31 December 2002, 2003 and 2004, release of which is subject to the
fulfilment of performance conditions, and secondly a total of 109,520 shares
awarded in respect of a Deferred Short Term Incentive for the performance year
ended 31 December 2004, the release of which is subject to the fulfilment of
performance conditions.
                                                                                
                                                                  22 August 2005


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Miranda Bellord     [phone]

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Nad Pillay          [phone]


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