LONRHO PLC - TR1 Notification of major interest in shares

TR1 Notification of major interest in shares

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

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


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


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
                                                                                                       Yes
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
                                                                                                       No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
                                                                                                       No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments
                                                                                                       No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
                                                                                                       No
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:                                           Capital Group International, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on which
the threshold is crossed or reached:                                        7 August 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                                            8 August 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
                                                                                  4%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/ty     Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
pe of        to the triggering
shares       transaction
             Number         Number       Number                Number of voting          % of voting
if           of             of           of shares             rights                 rights
possible     Shares         Voting
using                       Rights
                                         Direct   Indirect      Direct   Indirect     Direct    Indirect
the ISIN
CODE
 Ordinary
Shares
(ISIN:
GB000256     63,943, 223    63,943,223            61,443,223             61,443,223             3.9079%
8813)




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.




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




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                      Percentage of voting rights

                       61,443,223                                            3.9079%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
                                                +44 (0) 207 016 5105


9 August 2012

South African Sponsor
Java Capital

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