LONMIN PLC - Notification of major interest in shares

Notification of major interest in shares

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

2 December 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights            LONMIN PLC
are attached:


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                         X

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments                                                                                      X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                     Deutsche Bank AG
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):       Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch


5. Date of the transaction and date on which                 26/11/2015
the threshold is crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                            30/11/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:              Above 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of       Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares              to the triggering
                    transaction
if possible using   Number       Number       Number        Number of voting          % of voting
the ISIN CODE       of           of           of shares     rights                    rights
                    Shares       Voting
                                              Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct    Indirect
                                 Rights
GB0031192486        Below        Below
                    Notifiable   Notifiable   28,527,094    28,527,094     0          4.86%     0
                    Threshold    Threshold



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial        Expiration    Exercise/             Number of voting          % of voting
instrument               date          Conversion            rights that may be        rights
                                       Period                acquired if the
                                                             instrument is
                                                             exercised/
                                                             converted.



Right to Recall                                               2,176,233                0.37%



C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of             Exercise     Expiration    Exercise/       Number of voting       % of voting
financial           price        date          Conversion      rights instrument      rights
instrument                                     period          refers to
                                                                                      Nominal       Delta


CFD                                                            3,814,667              0.54%      0.54%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                    Percentage of voting rights

33,887,994                                                 5.77%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:




Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch – 5.77%




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold voting rights:



13. Additional information:                      Total CFD Holding – See appendix



14. Contact name:                                John Morrison


15. Contact telephone number:                    +44 7201 6044




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

Type of financial instrument   Maturity Date      Number of voting
                                                  rights instrument
                                                  refers to
CFD                                  18 Dec 15             1,224,438
CFD                                   19 Jul 16                50,000
CFD                                  16 May 16             1,409,000
CFD                                    7 Jul 16                78,267
CFD                                  22 Feb 16                 11,031
CFD                                  30 Nov 16               300,000
CFD                                  17 Mar 16                 72,132
CFD                                  19 Sep 16                     -4
CFD                                   7 Nov 16                 23,005
CFD                                   4 Jan 16                 16,794

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