Director/PDMR Shareholding

Investec PLC
14 June 2006


Investec Limited                         Investec plc (the 'Company')           
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: GB0031773103                     
ISIN: ZAE000040531                                                              


ATTRIBUTABLE INTERESTS IN THE ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL OF INVESTEC PLC AND
INVESTEC LIMITED

As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited
notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of those interests
(and changes to those interests) of (i) directors of both entities and the
respective company secretaries, (ii) persons discharging managerial
responsibilities (PDMRs) across the group, and (iii) in certain instances the
directors of major subsidiaries of Investec Limited, in the securities of
Investec plc and Investec Limited which are required to be disclosed under the
Disclosure Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA') and/or the
JSE Listing Requirements.

The Company received notification on the 14th June 2006 of the following changes
to attributable interests in the ordinary shares of Investec Limited and
Investec plc as well as to changes in the holdings in the Company:

1. TRANSACTIONS IN INVESTEC PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF £0.001 EACH.

(a)     Transactions by Directors of Investec plc and Investec Limited

The Company received notification on the 14th June 2006 that call options in
respect of 793,898 Investec plc ordinary shares and 455,914 Investec plc
ordinary shares of GBP0.001 each, written by Spurwing - P Investments Limited
('Spurwing') were exercised on the 12th June 2006 at a strike price of GBP7.93
and GBP10.52 per ordinary share respectively (the 'Transaction').

As a consequence of this Transaction, certain Directors' indirect beneficial
interests in the ordinary share capital of Investec plc have decreased as set
out in the table below:
 
Director            Indirect Beneficial  Percentage of       Price per share    
                    Interest             issued class                           

S.Koseff            47,999               0.04                GBP7.93            
S.Koseff            27,564               0.04                GBP10.52           
G.R. Burger         38,399               0.03                GBP7.93            
G.R. Burger         22,051               0.03                GBP10.52           
H.S. Herman         19,199               0.02                GBP7.93            
H.S. Herman         11,026               0.02                GBP10.52           
I.R. Kantor         47,999               0.04                GBP7.93            
I.R. Kantor         27,564               0.04                GBP10.52           
P.R.S. Thomas       9,600                <0.01               GBP7.93            
P.R.S. Thomas       5,513                <0.01               GBP10.52           

Following this notification, the above Directors' total beneficial and
non-beneficial holdings and the total percentage interest these holdings
represent in the issued ordinary share capital of Investec plc are laid out in
the table below:
 
Director                   Beneficial and             Percentage of issued class
                           non-beneficial interests                             

S.Koseff                   982,010                    1.32                      
G.R. Burger                500,205                    0.67                      
H.S. Herman                278,076                    0.37                      
I.R. Kantor                241,148                    0.32                      
P.R.S. Thomas              85,217                     0.11                      


At the same time, the Investec plc Guernsey Trust No. 1 (the 'Guernsey Trust')
exercised options to acquire the following:

3,300 Investec plc ordinary shares at a strike price of GBP7.93 per share
6,221 Investec plc ordinary shares at a strike price of GBP10.52 per share
 
Pursuant to section 324 of the UK Companies Act 1985, the Company received 
notification that by virtue of the acquisition by the Guernsey Trust of 9,521 
Investec plc ordinary shares of £0.001 each, each of the executive directors 
of the Company are interested in 9,521 ordinary shares. This is because all
the executive directors of the Company (together with all of the employees of
the Investec plc group) are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are 
therefore treated as interested in all the unallocated shares held by the Trust.

The total number of Investec plc ordinary shares held by the Guernsey Trust
following this notification is 9,521.

(b)     Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs')

Further to the Transaction detailed above we advise in accordance with UK
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R (1) (a) that certain PDMRs's indirect beneficial
interests in the ordinary share capital of Investec plc have decreased as set
out in the table below.
 
Name of PDMR                            Reduction in indirect beneficial        
                                        interest                                

S. Hackner                              45,338                                  
A. Leith                                45,338                                  

The place of the transaction was Johannesburg.

2. TRANSACTIONS IN INVESTEC LIMITED ORDINARY SHARES OF ZAR0.001 EACH.

(a)     Transactions by a Director of Investec plc and Investec Limited

In compliance with Rules 3.63 - 3.74 of the JSE Listing Requirements, the
following informationis disclosed:
 
Name of Director:                       B. Kantor                               
Date and place of transaction:          12 June 2006, London                    
Shares:                                 Investec Limited ordinary shares of     
                                        ZAR0.001 each                           
Number of shares:                       47,999                                  
Nature of transaction:                  Reduction in attributable interests     
                                        following the Transaction as set out in 
                                        1 above                                 
Transaction price:                      GBP7.93                                 
 
Name of Director:                       B. Kantor                               
Date and place of transaction:          12 June 2006, London                    
Shares:                                 Investec Limited ordinary shares of     
                                        ZAR0.001 each                           
Number of shares:                       27,564                                  
Nature of transaction:                  Reduction in attributable interests     
                                        following the Transaction as set out in 
                                        1 above                                 
Transaction price:                      GBP10.52                                



(b)     Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR')


Further to the Transaction detailed above we advise in accordance with UK
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R (1) (a) that certain PDMRs's indirect beneficial
interests in the ordinary share capital of Investec Limited have decreased as
set out in the table below.
 
Name of PDMR                            Reduction in indirect beneficial        
                                        interest                                

B. Fried                                45,338                                  
S. Heilbron                             37,782                                  
D. van der Walt                         45,338                                  

(c)     Transactions by Directors of a major subsidiary of Investec Limited

In compliance with Rules 3.63 - 3.74 of the JSE Listing Requirements, the
following information is disclosed:
 
Name of Director of major subsidiary    Reduction in indirect beneficial        
                                        interest                                

B. Tapnack                              15,113                                  
D. Lawrence                             30,225                                  

3. NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 198 OF THE UK COMPANIES ACT 1985
 
The Company received notification on the 14th June 2006 from the Investec plc 
Jersey Trust No. 1 (the 'Trust') that it had exercised options to acquire the 
following:
 
790,598 Investec plc ordinary shares at a strike price of GBP7.93 per share
449,693 Investec plc ordinary shares at a strike price of GBP10.52 per share.
 
The total holdings of the Trust prior to the notification are laid out below:
                                                                                                                        
  
                                     Holdings                  Percentage       

Investec plc Jersey Trust No. 1      1,152,467                 1.54             
                                                                     
 
The total holdings of the Trust following the notification are laid out below: 
                                                                      
                                     Holdings                  Percentage       

Investec plc Jersey Trust No. 1      2,392,758                 3.21             
 
 
Pursuant to section 324 of the UK Companies Act 1985, the Company received 
notification that by virtue of the acquisition by the Trust of 1,240,291 
Investec plc ordinary shares of £0.001 each, each of the executive directors of 
the Company are interested in 1,240,291 ordinary shares. This is because all 
the executive directors of the Company (together with all of the employees of
 the Investec plc group) are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are 
therefore treated as interested in all the unallocated shares held by the Trust.
 


Clearance was obtained for the above dealings in securities.

Johannesburg and London

14 June 2006

Sponsor:

Investec Bank Limited



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