LONRHO PLC - TR1 - Notification of major interest in shares

TR1 - Notification of major interest in shares

Lonrho Plc
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813)
(“Lonrho” or “the Company”)

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                 Lonrho PLC
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
                                                                        BlackRock, Inc.
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                                       14th January 2013
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       16th January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                  Holding has gone below 10%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 rights x
the ISIN CODE of                 of                of     rights
                  Shares         Voting            shares
                                 Rights                   Direct
                                                   Direct xi     Indirect xii          Direct      Indirect

GB0002568813        150,331,722    150,331,722     N/A        N/A      136,540,658     N/A         8.55%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial          Expiratio    Exercise/                Number of voting            % of voting
instrument                 n            Conversion Period        rights that may be          rights
                           date xiii    xiv
                                                                 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      Exercis    Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting           % of voting rights
instrument             e price    date xvii    Conversio      rights instrument          xix, xx

                                               n period       refers to
                                               xviii


                                               15/10/2010                                Nominal     Delta
Convertible Bond
                                  15/10/2015   -          22,235,615
XS0549738531
                                               15/10/2015                                1.39%       1.39%


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights
158,776,273                                              9.94%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 158,776,273 (9.94%)



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:                         BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team


14. Contact name:                                   Jim Hughes


15. Contact telephone number:                       +44 (0) 207 016 5105


16 January 2013

South African sponsor
Java Capital

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