Final Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2006 (No. 15)


Final Dividend for the year ended 31 December 2006 (No. 15)

The Directors of Old Mutual plc are recommending a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2006 of 4.15p per share (making a total of 6.25p for the year).

The record date for this dividend payment is the close of business on 11 May 2007 for all the Exchanges where the Company’s shares are listed. The last day to trade cum-dividend on the JSE and on the Namibian, Zimbabwe and Malawi Stock Exchanges will be 4 May 2007 and 8 May 2007 for the London and Stockholm Stock Exchanges.  The shares will trade ex-dividend from the opening of business on 7 May 2007 on the JSE and on the Namibian, Zimbabwe and Malawi Stock Exchanges and from the opening of business on 9 May 2007 on the London and Stockholm Stock Exchanges.

Shareholders on the South African, Zimbabwe and Malawi branch registers and the Namibian section of the principal register will be paid the local currency equivalents of the dividend under dividend access trust arrangements established in each country. Shareholders who hold their shares through VPC AB, the Swedish nominee, will be paid the equivalent of the dividend in Swedish Kronor (SEK). Local currency equivalents of the dividend, for all five territories, will be determined by the Company using exchange rates prevailing at close of business on 19 April 2007 and will be announced by the Company on 20 April 2007.

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised within STRATE between 7 and 11 May 2007, both dates inclusive, and transfers between the registers may not take place during that period. 

The final dividend is subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting of Old Mutual plc, which is to be held in London on Thursday, 24 May 2007.  Subject to being so approved, the final dividend will be paid on Thursday, 31 May 2007.

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