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)
(“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      Lonrho Plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are           GB0002568813
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
                                                                                         n/a
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
                                                                                         Yes
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                         n/a
Other (please
                                                                                         n/a
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                 UBS Investment Bank
notification obligation: iii



4. Full name of shareholder(s)
                                                 UBS AG London Branch
 (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                27 February 2013
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                01 March 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                 14%
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
if possible      Number        Number          Number         Number of voting         % of voting rights
                                                                                       x
using            of            of              of shares      rights
the ISIN         Shares        Voting                                    Indirect                   Indirec
                                                              Direct xi  xii           Direct
CODE                           Rights                                                               t
GB000256881
3           221,423,79 221,423,79              215,159,95 215,159,95
                                                                     -                 13.47%       -
            9          9                       6          6



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial       Expiratio Exercise/                    Number of voting            % of voting
instrument              n         Conversion Period            rights that may be          rights
                             xiii xiv
                        date                                   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             Exercise     Expira Exercise/ Number of voting rights              % of voting rights
                                                                                       xix, xx
financial           price        tion      Conversi instrument refers to
instrument                       date xvii on period
                                           xviii


                                 15-                                                   Nominal      Delta
XS0549738531           n/a       OCT-      4 years         16,009,646
                                 2015                                                  1.00%        -


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights
231,169,602                                        14.47%
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:                            Jim Hughes

15. Contact telephone number:                0207 016 5105


1 March 2013

South African Sponsor

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