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

TR-1: Notification of major interest in shares

Lonrho Plc
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813)
(the “Company”)

Date


ANNOUNCEMENT HEADING


 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
 issuer
                                                      Lonrho Plc
 of existing shares to which voting rights are
 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
                                                                                                X
 financial 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                                                        14. March 2013.
 reached: v

 6. Date on which issuer notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                                                                  Over 14%
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
                                                                                                              x
              Number       Number        Number           Number of voting               % of voting rights
              of           of            of shares        rights
              Shares       Voting
                                                                   xi              xii
                           Rights        Direct           Direct        Indirect         Direct       Indirect




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, xx
Type of       Exercise     Expiration    Exercise/            Number of voting              % of voting rights
                                xvii
financial     price        date          Conversion           rights instrument
                                                xviii                                       2.27%
instrument                               period               refers to



                                                                                            Nominal    Delta
                                                              216’134’842
 CFD’s                                      216’134’842
 GB0002568813                                                                               13.7%
                                                                                                       1

                                                                                            Nominal    Delta
Convertible   0.2474       15.           1.November           13’982’667.50
Bond                       October       2010
ISIN:                      2015          -8. October                                        0.9%       0.1725
XS0549738                                2015
531
 Total (A+B+C)

 Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights

 230'117'509.50
                                           14.6% (13.7%+0.9%)

 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:

                                                          UBS AG (Prime Broker)
 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



15 March 2013


South African sponsor

Java Capital

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