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Investec PLC 08 February 2007 Investec Limited Investec plc Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Incorporated in England and Wales Registration number 1925/002833/06 Registration number 3633621 JSE share code: INL JSE share code: INP ISIN: ZAE000081949 ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50 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: TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): Investec plc 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: N/A An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: N/A An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: N/A Other (please specify): Notification of holdings as at 20 January 2007 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): JP Morgan International Bank Limited JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. JP Asset Management Limited JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited JP Morgan Chase Bank 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v): N/A 6. Date on which issuer notified: 8 February 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% threshold 8. Notified details: N/A A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the Resulting situation after possible using the ISIN Triggering transaction the triggering transaction CODE (vi) (vi) Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii) Investec plc Ordinary N/A N/A Shares (ISIN GB00B17BBQ50) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares if possible Number of Number of voting % of voting using the ISIN CODE shares rights (ix) rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect (x) (xi) Investec plc Ordinary Shares (ISIN GB00B17BBQ50) N/A N/A 26850735 N/A 7.12 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % of financial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is voting instrument (xiii) Period/ Date exercised/ converted. rights (xiv) N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 26850735 7.12 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Total disclosable holding for JP Morgan Chase & Co : 26850735 Holdings by controlled undertakings of JP Morgan Chase & Co are as follows: JP Morgan International Bank Limited JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. JP Asset Management Limited JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 25 777 137 (6.83%) JP Morgan Chase Bank Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: The above relates to disclosable holdings as at 20 January 2007. Please note that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has other holdings which are covered by exemptions. 14. Contact name: Richard Vardy Company Secretary Investec plc 15. Contact telephone number: 0207 597 4485 Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): JP Morgan Chase & Co. Contact address (registered office for legal entities) 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10017 Phone number: 001 212 270 6000 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): N/A B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Katie Green Contact address: JPMorgan Chase, 13th Floor, 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AJ Phone number: 0207 7773028 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation): N/A C: Additional information : N/A Notes to the Forms (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority. (ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate. (iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion. (iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. (v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. (vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, in case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below 3%'. (vii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. (viii) Direct and indirect (ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. (x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1) (xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1) (xii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. (xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. (xiv) If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date) (xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. (xvi ) This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. (xvii) Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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