LONMIN PLC - Holding in company

Holding in company

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")


HOLDING IN COMPANY


19 September 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
                                                                                        LONMIN PLC
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                                                                       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
                                                                 Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
notification obligation: (iii)



                                                                    Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
                                                                    Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Ltd
3.):(iv)


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
                                                                                                               18/09/12
threshold is crossed or reached: (v)

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                              19/09/12

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi),                                                          9% to 8%
(vii)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii), (ix)
Class/type of           Situation previous to the      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares                  triggering transaction         <9%
if possible using       Number of Number of            Number of Number of voting                 % of voting rights (x)
the ISIN CODE           Shares         Voting          shares         rights
                                       Rights                         Direct       Indirect
                                                       Direct                                     Direct        Indirect
                                                                      (xi)         (xii)
GB0031192486
                        18,670,841     18,670,841                                 17,894,832                   8.83%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial             Expiration      Exercise/ Conversion       Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
instrument                    date (xiii)     Period (xiv)               that may be 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
Type of financial        Exercise      Expiration    Exercise/       Number of voting rights        % of voting rights
instrument               price         date (xvii)   Conversion      instrument refers to           (xix), (xx)
                                                     period
                                                     (xviii)
                                                                                                    Nominal       Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights

17,894,832                                                     8.83%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable: (xxi)




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:                                                               Seema Kamboj


15. Contact telephone number:                                                   020 7201 6053

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