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 : GB00BYSRJ698 ("Lonmin")

10 August 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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                                                           Yes

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 (Parent
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                              Company) – Below 5%
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                                                                08/08/2016
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                09/08/2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                     Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited – 5%
reached: vi, vii
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
                                                                                                                      x
if possible using    Number         Number       Number          Number of voting               % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE        of             of           of shares       rights
                     Shares         Voting                                xi              xii
                                                 Direct          Direct        Indirect         Direct         Indirect
                                    Rights
GB00BYSRJ698

                     14,350,591    14,350,591    Below 5%                      Below 5%                        Below 5%




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

Below 5%                                                  Below 5%
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 – Below 5%
Standard Life Investments Limited – Below 5%
Ingis Investment Services Limited – Below 5%




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


15. Contact telephone number:                                              (020) 7201 6044



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

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