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INL/INP - Investec Limited/Investec plc - Notification of major interests in
shares
Investec Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 1925/002833/06
JSE share code: INL
ISIN: ZAE000081949
Investec plc
Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number 3633621
JSE share code: INP
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:
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:
Yes
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):
N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US stat chartered bank which acts as a
trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
Shares Held Nominee Management
Company
20,300 Bank of New York FMRCO
212,500 Bank of New York FMTC
1,895,700 Brown Brothers Harriman and FMRCO
Co
6,800 Brown Brothers Harriman and FMTC
Co
65,800 CIBC Mellon Trust FMTC
12,779,500 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMRCO
139,100 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC
21,300 Mellon Bank N.A. FMR
37,700 Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO
31,100 Mellon Bank N.A. FMTC
400,000 Northern Trust Co FMRCO
451,100 Northern Trust Co FMTC
15,400 Northern Trust London FMRCO
2300,000 State Street Bank and TR Co FICL
800 State Street Bank and TR Co FMR
1,331,000 State Street Bank and TR Co FMRCO
2,087,300 State Street Bank and TR Co FMTC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached (v):
27 July 2007
6. Date on which issuer notified:
31 July 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation Resulting situation
shares if previous to the after the
possible using Triggering triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction (vi) transaction (vi)
Number of shares Number of voting
Rights (viii)
Investec plc 18,428,800 18,428,800
Ordinary Shares
(ISIN
GB00B17BBQ50)
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of Number of Number of voting % of voting
shares if shares rights (ix) rights
possible using
the ISIN CODE
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indire
(x) (xi) ct
Investec plc 19,725,400 5.23%
Ordinary
Shares (ISIN
GB00B17BBQ50)
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of % of
financial Date Period/ Date (xiv) voting voting
instrument (xiii) rights that rights
may be
acquired if
the
instrument
is
exercised/
converted.
NIL NI: NIL NIL NIL
Total (A+B)
Number of % of voting
voting rights rights
19,725,400 5.23%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
Shares Held Nominee Management
Company
20,300 Bank of New York FMRCO
212,500 Bank of New York FMTC
1,895,700 Brown Brothers Harriman FMRCO
and Co
6,800 Brown Brothers Harriman FMTC
and Co
65,800 CIBC Mellon Trust FMTC
12,779,500 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMRCO
139,100 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC
21,300 Mellon Bank N.A. FMR
37,700 Mellon Bank N.A. FMRCO
31,100 Mellon Bank N.A. FMTC
400,000 Northern Trust Co FMRCO
451,100 Northern Trust Co FMTC
15,400 Northern Trust London FMRCO
2300,000 State Street Bank and TR FICL
Co
800 State Street Bank and TR FMR
Co
1,331,000 State Street Bank and TR FMRCO
Co
2,087,300 State Street Bank and TR FMTC
Co
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
FMR Corp
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire to hold:
1,296,600
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:
27 July 2007
13. Additional information:
None
14. Contact name:
Sophie Hughes
15. Contact:
fil-regulatoryreporting@uk.fid-intl.com
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):
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number:
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):
N/A
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
Full name:
Contact address:
Phone number:
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
Date: 01/08/2007 15:00:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
