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Notification of major interest in shares
Lonmin Plc (Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registered in the Republic of South Africa under
registration number 1969/000015/10)
JSE code: LON
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN : GB0031192486 ("Lonmin")
21 December 2015
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are Lonmin 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):
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
(Parent Company) -
notification obligation: iii
5,241%
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
Vidacos Nominees\HSBC
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 15/12/2015
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 18/12/2015
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or – 5%
reached: vi, vii Standard Life Investments Limited – 5%
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
the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
x
of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Dire xii Dire
Rights Direct xi Indirect Indirect
ct ct
GB0031192486 1,254,596,568 1,254,596,568 0.000 1,477,991,715 5.241
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
xiii xiv
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
xix,
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights
xvii xx
instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to
xviii
period
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
1,477,991,715 5.241
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) – 5.241% comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited – 5.239%
Ignis Investment Services Limited – 0.002%
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: John Morrison, Lonmin Plc
15. Contact telephone number: +44 20 7201 6044
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
END
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