LONRHO PLC

2 OCTOBER 1998

LONRHO PLC HAS TODAY BEEN NOTIFIED IN FULFILMENT OF AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED BY
SECTION 324 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 THAT

1)  SIR JOHN CRAVEN, MR S E JONAH AND SIR ALASTAIR MORTON, DIRECTORS OF THE
COMPANY, ARE RESPECTIVELY INTERESTED IN FURTHER 2,092, 56 AND 43 ORDINARY
SHARES OF GBP1 EACH ("SHARES") IN LONRHO PLC, SUCH INTERESTS ARISING IN
CONSEQUENCE OF ELECTIONS TO RECEIVE SUCH SHARES ON 1 OCTOBER 1998 IN LIEU OF
THE INTERIM CASH DIVIDEND FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1998 ("THE INTERIM
DIVIDEND");

(2)  MR P J HARPER, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, IS RESPECTIVELY INTERESTED IN A
FURTHER 588 SHARES, SUCH INTEREST ARISING IN CONSEQUENCE OF ELECTIONS BY HIM
AND HIS WIFE TO RECEIVE SUCH SHARES ON 1 OCTOBER 1998 IN LIEU OF THE INTERIM
DIVIDEND; AND

(3)  MR N J MORRELL, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, IS RESPECTIVELY INTERESTED IN A
FURTHER 335 SHARES, SUCH INTEREST ARISING IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ELECTION BY HIS
WIFE TO RECEIVE SUCH SHARES ON 1 OCTOBER 1998 IN LIEU OF THE INTERIM DIVIDEND.