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)
JSE share code: LAF ISIN number: GB0002568813
(“Lonrho” or “the company”)
Primary listing on the LSE and secondary listing on the AltX of the JSE

9 July 2013


TR -1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


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 financial
                                                                                                 n/a
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                    05 July 2013
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                    09 July 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                     16%
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 using Number         Number            Number         Number of voting          % of voting rights x
the ISIN CODE of                 of                of shares      rights
                  Shares         Voting                                       Indirect
                                                   Direct         Direct xi   xii           Direct        Indirect
                                 Rights
GB0002568813
                    266,979,539    266,979,539 249'365'624 249'365'624 -                    14.90%        -



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

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


                                     15-                                                    Nominal        Delta
XS0549738531               n/a       OCT-      4 years         14,473,367
                                     2015                                                   0.86%          -


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights
263'838'991                                              15.77%
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:                                   Konstantina Georgaki / Nemanja Pantic


15. Contact telephone number:                       +41 44 239 4071




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