TR1 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 Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
No
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
No
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
Other (please
An increase in the issuer’s total voting rights No
specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
Zesiger Capital Group LLC (“ZCG”), as investment adviser
notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
Various discretionary accounts that ZCG manages
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or July 31, 2012
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: July 31, 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
Above 10%
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 Indirect Direct Indirect
Rights
GB0002568813
153,154,001 9.74% 162,089,991 162,089,991 10.3%
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
162,089,991 10.3%
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: All shares are held indirectly by various
discretionary accounts that ZCG manages. ZCG
has voting discretion with respect to some but
not all accounts.
The above percentages were calculated based
on the issuer’s disclosure on June 29, 2012 that
it has 1,572,288,244 voting shares outstanding.
14. Contact name: Jim Hughes
15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 207 016 5105
1 August 2012
South African sponsor
Java Capital
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