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”)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
                                                                                                                 Lonrho Plc
shares to which voting rights 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:                                                                           29 August 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                                                              30 August 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
                                                                                                 Below 3%
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 using        Number       Number        Number                       Number of voting         % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE            of           of            of shares                    rights
                         Shares       Voting
                                                    Direct         Indirect      Direct      Indirect     Direct      Indirect
                                      Rights
Ordinary Shares (ISIN:
GB0002568813)                                                                                46,615,8
                         47,171,339    47,171,339                  46,615,886                                         2.9648%
                                                                                             86




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

                          46,615,886                                                      2.9648%
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


31 August 2012

South African sponsor
Java Capital

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