LONRHO PLC

17 APRIL 1998

LONRHO PLC ("THE COMPANY") HAS TODAY RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION DATED 16 APRIL
1998 FROM ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED ("AAC") OF 44 MAIN
STREET, JOHANNESBURG 2001, SOUTH AFRICA. AAC HAS INFORMED THE COMPANY THAT
FURTHER TO ITS NOTIFICATION OF 9 APRIL 1998, AAC HAS DISPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH ("THE SHARES") IN THE COMPANY IN WHICH AAC WAS
DEEMED INTERESTED :

REGISTERED HOLDER                            NUMBER OF SHARES HELD

                                            (OR IN WHICH AAC WAS

                                            DEEMED T0 BE INTERESTED)

(I)   RESIDENT NOMINEES LIMITED               26,561,280
(II)  THE LAW DEBENTURE INTERMEDIARY

      CORPORATION P.L.C. ACCOUNT AAC          91,837,023
(III) THE LAW DEBENTURE INTERMEDIARY

      CORPORATION P.L.C ACCOUNT DBCM          48,335,175

FOLLOWING THE DISPOSAL OF THE SHARES, AAC NO LONGER HAS A DISCLOSABLE INTEREST
IN THE SHARES OF THE COMPANY.