LONMIN PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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")


Tr-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of LONMIN PLC
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


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 notification             INVESTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT
obligation:                                                                      (PTY) LIMITED

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the                                               31.05.13
threshold is crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                              05.06.13

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                                      5%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of      Situation previous to the      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             triggering transaction
if possible using   Number of      Number of      Number         Number of voting       % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE         Shares          Voting            of                 rights
                                      Rights       shares
                                                    Direct     Direct       Indirect     Direct      Indirect
ORDINARY
USD1
                    27,876,552    27,876,552             -           -   29,987,456                   5.27%
GB0031192486
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial          Expiration           Exercise/           Number of voting              % of voting
instrument                      date           Conversion          rights that may be                  rights
                                                   Period              acquired if the
                                                                         instrument is
                                                                exercised/ converted.




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial    Exercise     Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting               % of voting
instrument              price          date     Conversion         rights instrument                   rights
                                                    period                  refers to
                                                                                         Nomina        Delta
                                                                                               l


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                      Percentage of voting rights

29,987,456                                                   5.27%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments
are effectively held, if applicable:
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:                            +44 20 7201 6053




6 June 2013

Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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