Transaction in Own Shares

Old Mutual PLC
15 November 2007


                                Old Mutual plc

Ref 81/07
15 November 2007
                           Transaction in Own Shares


Old Mutual plc ('the Company') announces that on 14 November 2007 it purchased
through Merrill Lynch International and Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited
a total of 2,720,454 of the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each.

2,206,079 of these shares were acquired on the London Stock Exchange at an
average price of 169.37 pence per share and 514,375 shares were acquired on the
JSE Limited at an average price of ZAR 23.51 per share.

The purchased shares will be held in treasury.  The Company's current issued
share capital is now 5,466,898,919 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding the
42,353,100 shares that have so far been repurchased into treasury).


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www.oldmutual.com


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