LONRHO PLC - TR-1 Notification of major interest in shares

TR-1 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”)

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

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
                                                                                                          X
instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                                                              H21 Macro Ltd.
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                                                        26. September 2012
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                                                      Over 15%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
                       Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                       to the triggering
                       transaction
                       Number       Number       Number          Number of voting    % of voting rights x
                       of           of           of shares       rights
                       Shares       Voting                                   Indir
                                    Rights       Direct          Direct xi   ect     Direct       Indirect
                                                                             xii




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      Exercise    Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting    % of voting
instrument             price       date xvii      Conversion          rights instrument   rights xix, xx
                                                  period xviii        refers to

                                                                                          Nomin
                                                                                                     Delta
CFD’s                                                                                     al
GB0002568813                                                          213’562’417
                                                                                          13.6%      1
Convertible Bond                                  1. November                             Nomin
                                                                                                     Delta
ISIN:                              15. October    2010                                    al
                       0.2474                                         23’205’901
XS0549738531                       2015           -8. October
                                                                                          1.5%       0.41
                                                  2015
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights

236’768’318                                         51.1% (13.6%+1.48)


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
H21 Macro Ltd -> UBS as Prime Broker




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                     UBS AG (Prime Broker)

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
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii



A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal entities)                                              H21 Macro Limited

Contact address
                                                             Horizon21 AG, Poststr. 4, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ,
(registered office for legal entities)
                                                                                             Switzerland
Phone number & email
                                                                                        +41 55 415 2440

Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)           Adrian Janser, adrian.janser@horizon21.com



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




For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.


27 September 2012

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