LONMIN PLC

29 FEBRUARY 2000

LONMIN PLC HAS TODAY BEEN NOTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 198-202 OF THE
COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED) BY DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON ON BEHALF OF
DEUTSCHE BANK AG FRANKFURT, ITS PARENT COMPANY, THAT DEUTSCHE BANK AG AND ITS
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN 24,270,475 ORDINARY SHARES OF
GBP1 EACH OF THE COMPANY (REPRESENTING 15.16 PER CENT OF THE ISSUED SHARE
CAPITAL) IN THE NAMES AND IN THE AMOUNTS AS SET OUT BELOW.

OTHER THAN THE 5 SHARES HELD IN THE NAME OF MORGAN GRENFELL & CO. LIMITED A/C
LIBRARY, THE HOLDINGS ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF CLIENTS WHOSE

PORTFOLIOS ARE MANAGED ON A DISCRETIONARY BASIS BY COMPANIES WITHIN DEUTSCHE
BANK AG ACTING AS FUND MANAGERS.

REGISTERED HOLDERS                                 NO OF SHARES

MORGAN GRENFELL & CO. LIMITED A/C LIBRARY          5

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED                            7,362,384

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C SL                     907,249

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CHY                    99,049

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C DGR                    214,262

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C ENF                    118,600

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C FKI                    49,058

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C LAM                    158,900

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C PAC                    28,032

MORGAN NOMINEES LIMITED A/C SAM                    37,603

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                          122,700

BRITISH OVERSEAS BANK ACCOUNT 6951                 264,940

BRITISH OVERSEAS BANK ACCOUNT 7020                 82,923

BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED                       950,642

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                             887,460

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C 14186                   71,600

CLYDESDALE BANK                                    55,353

LLOYDS BANK NOMINEES                               2,810

LOTHIAN REGIONAL COUNCIL                           1,044,946

MIDLAND BANK PLC                                   52,443

MSS NOMINEES                                       1,222,877

NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED                          1,712,848

RAILWAYS PENSION TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED           2,911,669

PERRY NOMINEES                                     102,000

RBSTB NOMINEES                                     4,181,748

RBSTB NOMINEES A/C 0150303182                      17,907

STATE STREET NOMINEES A/C Q993                     25,907

STATE STREET NOMINEES                              1,319,560

STATE STREET NOMINEES A/C SD12                     265,000

                                                   24,270,475

NOTE : THE SHARES COMPRISED UNDER THIS NOTIFICATION MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE
THE SUBJECT OF A STOCK LENDING AGREEMENT RESULTING IN A CHANGE IN REGISTRATION
BUT NOT IN DEUTSCHE BANK AG FRANKFURT'S INTEREST IN THE SHARES.