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”)

 For filings with the FSA include the annex
 For filings with issuer exclude the annex


                                                              
 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                                                                  Lonrho PLC
 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 financial instruments          X

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 Other (please specify):



 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                          iii                                                                             H21 Macro Ltd.
 notification obligation:




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


 5. Date of the transaction and date on
 which the threshold is crossed or                                                                   25. September 2012
           v
 reached:

 6. Date on which issuer notified:

 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
          vi, vii                                                                                                Over 11%
 reached:
8. Notified details:
                                      viii, ix
A: Voting rights attached to shares
                       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     Indir
                                                       Direct              Direct            xii   Direct          Indirect
                                      Rights                                             ect




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.




                                                                                                       xv, xvi
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial      Exercise     Expiration           Exercise/               Number of voting        % of voting rights
                                         xvii                                                            xix, xx
instrument             price        date                 Conversion              rights instrument
                                                                xviii
                                                         period                  refers to

                                                                                                         Nomin
                                                                                                                     Delta
CFD’s                                                                                                    al
GB0002568813                                                                     155’766’799
                                                                                                         9.91%       1

Convertible Bond                                                                                         Nomin
                                                         1. November                                                 Delta
ISIN:                               15. October                                                          al
                       0.2474                            2010                    23’205’901
XS0549738531                        2015
                                                         -8. October 2015                                1.48%       0.41
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights

178’982’700                                           11.38% (9.91%+1.48)


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
                                                           xxi
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

H21 Macro Ltd -> UBS as Prime Broker




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                       UBS AG (Prime Broker)


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
 Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

                                                      xxii
 Annex: Notification of major interests in shares




 A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
 Full name
 (including legal form of legal entities)                                                         H21 Macro Limited

 Contact address
 (registered office for legal entities)                      Horizon21 AG, Poststr. 4, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland

 Phone number & email
                                                                                                    +41 55 415 2440

 Other useful information
 (at least legal representative for legal persons)                      Adrian Janser, adrian.janser@horizon21.com




 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
 Full name

 Contact address


 Phone number & email


 Other useful information
 (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
 entity subject to the notification obligation)

 C: Additional information




 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.


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