LONMIN PLC - TR1 - Notification of Major Interest In Shares(i)

TR1 - Notification of Major Interest In Shares(i)

        Lonmin Plc (Incorporated in England and Wales)
        (Registered in the Republic of South Africa under registration number 1969/000015/10)
        JSE code: LON
        Issuer Code: LOLMI
        ISIN: GB0031192486 ("Lonmin")

        7 May 2013


        TR1 - Notification of Major Interest In Shares(i)


        1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
        issuer of existing shares to which voting       Lonmin plc
                             :
        rights are attached (ii)
        2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
        An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          X
        An acquisition or disposal of qualifying
        financial instruments which may result in
        the acquisition of shares already issued to
        which voting rights are attached
        An acquisition or disposal of instruments
        with similar economic effect to qualifying
        financial instruments
        An event changing the breakdown of
        voting rights
        Other (please specify):
        3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                        Glencore Xstrata plc
        notification obligation: (iii)
        4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different
        from 3.): (iv)
        5. Date of the transaction and date on
        which the threshold is crossed or reached: 2 May 2013
        (v)
        6. Date on which issuer notified:               3 May 2013
        7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                        Holding is above 24%
        reached: (vi)(vii)


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii)(ix)
Class/type of          Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares              triggering transaction
if possible using
the ISIN CODE       Number of         Number of      Number of      Number of voting        % of voting rights (x)
                    Shares            Voting         shares         rights
                                      Rights                        Direct
                                                     Indirect              Indirect (xii)   Direct    Indirect
                                                                    (xi)
Lonmin
ordinary shares     139,513,430       139,513,430 139,513,430 N/A           139,513,430 N/A           24.54
GB0031192486


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial            Expiration      Exercise/ Conversion   Number of voting          % of voting rights
instrument                   date (xiii)     Period (xiv)           rights that may be
                                                                    acquired if the
                                                                    instrument is
                                                                    exercised/ converted.




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv)(xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial       Exercise Expiration        Exercise/  Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
instrument              price    date (xvii)       Conversion instrument refers to          (xix)(xx)
                                                   period
                                                   (xviii)
                                                                                            Nominal      Delta




Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights
139,513,430                                        24.54


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
Xstrata Zinc BV is the direct holder of 139,513,430 shares in Lonmin plc.

Xstrata Zinc BV – Xstrata (Scheweiz) AG – Xstrata plc – Finges Investment BV – Glencore Xstrata plc




Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                           N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
                                                        N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
                                                        N/A
voting rights:
13. Additional information:                             Following the merger of Glencore International plc
                                                        and Xstrata plc becoming effective on 2 May 2013,
                                                        Glencore Xstrata plc became the ultimate beneficial
                                                        owner of 139,513,430 ordinary shares in Lonmin plc
                                                        and became beneficially interested in 24.54% in
                                                        Lonmin plc. Xstrata Zinc BV is the direct holder of
                                                        those shares and its percentage interest in voting
                                                        rights remains unchanged at 24.54%.

                                                        Seema Kamboj
14. Contact name:

                                                        020 7201 6053
15. Contact telephone number:

                                                        J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
16. Sponsor

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