LONRHO PLC - TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Lonrho Plc
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
JSE share code: LAF ISIN number: GB0002568813
(“Lonrho” or “the company”)
Primary listing on the LSE and secondary listing on the AltX of the JSE

15 July 2013


TR -1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                LONRHO PLC
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
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
                                                     CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG
notification obligation:

                                                     Please see section 9
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                    10/07/2013
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified:                    12/07/2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                     5%
reached:
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   Number          Number                Number Number of voting % of voting rights
using         of              of                    of     rights
the ISIN CODE Shares          Voting                shares
                              Rights                Direct Direct Indirect  Direct       Indirect

GB0002568813 100,593,986            100,593,986     N/A        N/A       Not        N/A           Not
                                                                         reportable               reportable



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial            Expiration    Exercise/                 Number of voting        % of voting
instrument                   date          Conversion Period         rights that may be      rights
                                                                     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         % of voting rights
instrument              price       date       Conversion      rights instrument
                                               period          refers to

                                                                                        Nominal Delta
N/A



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights

                       Not reportable                                       Not reportable
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

1.   Credit Suisse Group AG
2.   Credit Suisse AG
3.   Credit Suisse Securities (EUROPE) Limited
4.   Credit Suisse Funds AG
5.   Credit Suisse Fund Management SA

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:


14. Contact name:                                    Jim Hughes


15. Contact telephone number:                        020 7016 5105


A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal entities)              Credit Suisse Group AG

Contact address
(registered office for legal entities)               One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ

Phone number & email
                                                     020 7883 5416 anthony.allen@credit-suisse.com

Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)    Anthony Allen



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
 Contact address


 Phone number & email


 Other useful information
 (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
 entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information
 Ref: 4136368


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