OLD MUTUAL GLOBAL INVESTORS SERIES PLC An investment company with variable capital incorporated with limited liability in Ireland, established as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between Sub-Funds and authorised pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations, 2011, as amended, and the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2015 (Registered Number 271517) Interim Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial period ended 30 June 2018 Old Mutual Global Investors Series Plc Interim Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial period ended 30 June 2018 CONTENTS PAGE Directory 4 - 8 GeneralInformation 9-12 Investment Advisers’ Reports: Old Mutual China Equity Fund 13 Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond Fund (IRL) 14 Old Mutual World Equity Fund 15 Old Mutual Pacific Equity Fund 16 Old Mutual European Equity Fund 17 Old Mutual Japanese Equity Fund^ 18 Old Mutual US Equity Income Fund 19 Old Mutual North American Equity Fund 20 Old Mutual Total Return USD Bond Fund 21 Old Mutual Emerging Market Debt Fund 22 OldMutualEuropeanBestIdeasFund 23 Old Mutual Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund 24 Old Mutual Global Emerging Markets Fund 25 Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund 26 Old Mutual Local Currency Emerging Market Debt Fund 27 Old Mutual UK Alpha Fund (IRL) 28 Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus Fund 29 Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund 30 Old Mutual Global Equity Absolute Return Fund 31 Old Mutual Strategic Absolute Return Bond Fund^^^ 32 Old Mutual Pan African Fund^^ 33 Old Mutual Monthly Income High Yield Bond Fund 34 Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund 35 Old Mutual Global Equity Income Fund (IRL) 36 Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund 37 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 2 38 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 3 39 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 4 40 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 5 41 Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund 42 Old Mutual Style Premia Absolute Return Fund 43 Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund 44 Portfolio of Investments: Old Mutual China Equity Fund 45 - 46 Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond Fund (IRL) 47 - 50 Old Mutual World Equity Fund 51 - 62 Old Mutual Pacific Equity Fund 63 - 69 Old Mutual European Equity Fund 70 - 71 Old Mutual US Equity Income Fund 72 - 75 Old Mutual North American Equity Fund 76 - 82 Old Mutual Total Return USD Bond Fund 83 - 89 Old Mutual Emerging Market Debt Fund 90 - 93 OldMutualEuropeanBestIdeasFund 94-95 Old Mutual Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund 96 - 99 Old Mutual Global Emerging Markets Fund 100 - 101 Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund 102 - 108 OldMutualLocalCurrencyEmergingMarketDebtFund 109-114 Old Mutual UK Alpha Fund (IRL) 115 - 117 Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus Fund 118 - 121 Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund 122 - 125 Old Mutual Global Equity Absolute Return Fund 126 - 144 Old Mutual Strategic Absolute Return Bond Fund^^^ 145 - 148 Old Mutual Monthly Income High Yield Bond Fund 149 - 153 Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund 154 - 156 Old Mutual Global Equity Income Fund (IRL) 157 - 166 Old Mutual Global Investors Series Plc Interim Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial period ended 30 June 2018 CONTENTS (continued) PAGE Portfolio of Investments (continued): Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund 167 - 168 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 2 169 - 174 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 3 175 - 180 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 4 181 - 186 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 5 187 - 190 Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund 191 - 195 Old Mutual Style Premia Absolute Return Fund 196 - 205 Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund 206 - 207 Financial Statements: Statement of Operations 208 - 215 Statement of Financial Position 216 - 223 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Redeemable Participating Shareholders 224 - 227 Notes to the Financial Statements 228 - 327 Significant Purchases and Sales Old Mutual China Equity Fund 328 - 329 Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond Fund (IRL) 330 - 331 Old Mutual World Equity Fund 332 - 333 Old Mutual Pacific Equity Fund 334 - 335 Old Mutual European Equity Fund 336 - 337 Old Mutual Japanese Equity Fund^ 338 Old Mutual US Equity Income Fund 339 - 340 Old Mutual North American Equity Fund 341 - 342 Old Mutual Total Return USD Bond Fund 343 - 344 Old Mutual Emerging Market Debt Fund 345 - 346 OldMutualEuropeanBestIdeasFund 347-348 Old Mutual Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund 349 - 350 Old Mutual Global Emerging Markets Fund 351 - 352 Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund 353 - 354 OldMutualLocalCurrencyEmergingMarketDebtFund 355-356 Old Mutual UK Alpha Fund (IRL) 357 - 358 Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus Fund 359 - 360 Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund 361 - 362 Old Mutual Global Equity Absolute Return Fund 363 - 364 Old Mutual Strategic Absolute Return Bond Fund^^^ 365 – 366 Old Mutual Pan African Fund^^ 367 Old Mutual Monthly Income High Yield Bond Fund 368 – 369 Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund 370 – 371 Old Mutual Global Equity Income Fund (IRL) 372 – 373 Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund 374 – 375 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 2 376 – 377 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 3 378 – 379 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 4 380 – 381 Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 5 382 – 383 Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund 384 – 385 Old Mutual Style Premia Absolute Return Fund 386 – 387 Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund 388 – 389 Total Expense Ratios 390 – 396 FundPerformance 397–398 Significant Events During The Financial Period 399 - 400 Supplementary Information 401 - 408 Old Mutual Global Investors Series Plc Interim Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial period ended 30 June 2018 DIRECTORY Board of Directors Bronwyn Wright (Irish)* Tom Murray (Irish)* Adrian Waters (Irish)* Jessica Brescia (British) Paul Simpson (British) (resigned 29 June 2018) Investment Manager, Distributor and Promoter Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4P 4WR United Kingdom InvestmentAdvisertotheInvestmentManager (from18May2018fortheOldMutualPacificEquity for the Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond Fund (IRL) Fund and the Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund) fortheOldMutualWorldEquityFund (until14June2018fortheOldMutualEuropeanBest for the Old Mutual Pacific Equity Fund Ideas Fund, the Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 2, the Old fortheOldMutualEuropeanEquityFund MutualCompassPortfolio3,theOldMutualCompass fortheOldMutualUSEquityIncomeFund Portfolio4andtheOldMutualCompassPortfolio5) for the Old Mutual North American Equity Fund Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited for the Old Mutual Emerging Market Debt Fund 2 Lambeth Hill for the Old Mutual European Best Ideas Fund London EC4P 4WR for the Old Mutual Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund United Kingdom for the Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund for the Old Mutual Global Emerging Markets Fund for the Old Mutual Local Currency Emerging Market Debt Fund for the Old Mutual UK Alpha Fund (IRL) for the Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus Fund for the Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund for the Old Mutual Global Equity Absolute Return Fund for the Old Mutual Strategic Absolute Return Bond Fund^^^ for the Old Mutual Monthly Income High Yield Bond Fund for the Old Mutual Europe (ex UK) Smaller Companies Fund for the Old Mutual Global Equity Income Fund (IRL) for the Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund for the Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 2 for the Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 3 for the Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 4 for the Old Mutual Compass Portfolio 5 for the Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund for the Old Mutual Style Premia Absolute Return Fund and for the Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund Investment Adviser to the Investment Manager (until 22 March 2018 for the Old Mutual China Equity for the Old Mutual China Equity Fund Fund) for the Old Mutual Pacific Equity Fund (until 17 May 2018 for the Old Mutual Pacific Equity for the Old Mutual Japanese Equity Fund^ Fund and the Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund) and for the Old Mutual Asian Equity Income Fund Old Mutual Global Investors (Asia Pacific) Limited Unit 2, 5/F Two Chinachem Central 26 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong InvestmentAdvisertotheInvestmentManager (from23March2018) for the Old Mutual China Equity Fund Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited, Suite 2301, Two International Finance Centre 8 Finance St, Central Hong Kong *Independent, Non-Executive Directors ^ Old Mutual Japanese Equity Fund closed on 26 January 2018. ^^ Old Mutual Pan African Fund closed on 28 February 2018. ^^^ Old Mutual Absolute Return Government Bond Fund, a sub-fund of Old Mutual Global Investors Series II ICAV was merged into the Old Mutual Strategic Absolute Return Bond Fund on 27 July 2018 as detailed in Note 12. The above footnotes are consistently applied throughout the document. 4 Old Mutual Global Investors Series Plc Interim Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the financial period ended 30 June 2018 DIRECTORY (continued) Investment Adviser to the Investment Manager Janus Capital International Limited for the Old Mutual Total Return USD Bond Fund 26th Floor, Citypoint 1 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9HT United Kingdom Sub-Investment Adviser Janus Capital Management LLC 151 Detroit Street Denver Colorado 80206 United States of America Investment Advisers to the Investment Manager Liontrust Investment Partners LLP for the Old Mutual European