LONMIN PLC - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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")

7 AUGUST 2015


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


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


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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                     Kagiso Asset Management (Pty) Ltd
notification obligation:

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


5. Date of the transaction and date on which                 31 July 2015
the threshold is crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                            7 August 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:             Shareholding falling below 10%
                                                            threshold
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       Direct       Indirect     Direct   Indirect
                                 Rights
GB0031192486
ORDINARY
SHARES              58,579,741   58,579,741   58,243,161   47,955,771   10,287,390   8.21%      1.76%




B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial        Expiratio     Exercise/              Number of voting          % of voting
instrument               n             Conversion             rights that may be        rights
                         date          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

58,243,161                                                  9.97%
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:                    Kagiso Asset Management (Pty) Ltd

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    336,580
cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     31 July 2015
hold voting rights:



13. Additional information:                      N/A



14. Contact name:                                John Morrison, Lonmin Plc


15. Contact telephone number:                    +44 20 7201 6044




Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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