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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
Zesiger Capital Group LLC (“ZCG”), as investment
notification obligation: adviser
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Various discretionary accounts that ZCG manages
5. Date of the transaction and date on which
the threshold is crossed or reached: August 2, 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:
August 2, 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 11%
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 shares rights
the ISIN Shares Voting
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
CODE Rights
GB0002568813 168,662,485 10.73% 176,656, 947 176,656,947 11.24%
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 rights
financial price date Conversion rights instrument
instrument period refers to
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
176,656, 947 11.24%
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: All shares are held indirectly by various discretionary
accounts that ZCG manages. ZCG has voting
discretion with respect to some but not all accounts.
The above percentages were calculated based on
the issuer’s disclosure on June 29, 2012 that it has
1,572,288,244 voting shares outstanding.
14. Contact name:
Jim Hughes
15. Contact telephone number:
+44 (0) 207 016 5105
3 August 2012
South African Sponsor
Javacapital
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