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
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
                                                                                                        X
instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                                    Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP
notification obligation: iii



4. Full name of shareholder(s)                        Funds managed by Cheyne Capital Management (UK)
(if different from 3.):iv                                                                         LLP

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                                                                8th July 2013
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                9th July 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed: vi, vii                                                                4%
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
using            of             of             of shares       rights                     rights x
the ISIN         Shares         Voting                                     Indirect                 Indirec
CODE                                           Direct          Direct xi   xii            Direct
                                Rights                                                              t




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           Exercise     Expiratio Exercise/           Number of voting           % of voting rights
financial         price        n date xvii Conversion        rights instrument          xix, xx

instrument                                 period xviii      refers to

                                                                                        Nominal    Delta
CFD                                                                70,116,589
                                                                                        4.17%      4.17%


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights
70,116,589                                         4.17%
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:                         None

14. Contact name:                                   Tara Brown


15. Contact telephone number:                       +44 (0) 20 7968 7589




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