Transaction in Own Shares

Old Mutual PLC
25 March 2008


                               Old Mutual plc

Ref 71/08
25 March 2008
                           Transaction in Own Shares

Old Mutual plc ('the Company') announces that on 20 March 2008 it purchased
through Deutsche Securities (Pty) Limited a total of 1,665,937 of the Company's
ordinary shares of 10p each.

All of these shares were acquired on the JSE Limited at an average price of ZAR
16.9437 per share.

The purchased shares will be held in treasury. The Company's current issued
share capital is now 5,296,134,049 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding the
214,333,402 shares that have so far been repurchased into treasury).

Old Mutual

For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at
www.oldmutual.com

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