LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY

LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY                                                 
GB0031192486                                                                    
LONMIN PLC                                                                      
27 February 2003                                                                
Lonmin Plc was notified on 26 February 2003 by Threadneedle Asset Management    
Limited on behalf of Zurich Financial Services and its Group of the following   
interests in ordinary shares of US$1 each of the Company in accordance with     
Sections 198 (as amended) of the Companies Act 1985:                            
Notifiable Interest:                                                            
Registered Owner                Designated  Number of                           
                                Account     Shares                              
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd          219059      48,305                              
                                219064      79,969                              
                                219077      4,462                               
                                219078      2,870                               
219081      4,551                               

Littledown Nominees Ltd         27642       38,528                              
                                02891       2,855,400                           
                                07198       177,122                             
07201       52,015                              

                                07205       250,632                             
                                21688       151,010                             
                                03449       240,000                             
07199       13,808                              

                                09890       37,932                              
                                02642       91,620                              
                                07207       202,316                             
TOTAL                                       4,250,540                           
Current ownership percentage                3.01%                               
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied     
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life         
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle  
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust   
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; and J.P. 
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit      
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC. It is    
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.                  
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich      
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Assurance Company Ltd and Zurich        
International (UK) Ltd.  It is also a nominee for various companies not within  
the ZFS Group.                                                                  
ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.        
This notification is made on behalf of:                                         
Allied Dunbar Assurance plc.                                                    
Eagle Star Group Services Limited; Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited; Eagle  
Star Life Assurance Company Limited, Zurich Financial Services UK Pension       
Trustee Limited; Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Limited and Eagle Star   
Holdings Limited.                                                               
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, Threadneedle Pensions Limited and        
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited.                                 
Geneva Life Insurance Company, Zurich International (UK) Limited, Zurich Life   
Insurance Company, Assuricum AG, Zurich Specialties London Limited, Zurich      
Holdings (UK) Limited, Zurich Life Assurance Company Limited, Zurich Insurance  
Company (UK) Limited and Zurich Insurance Company.                              
Allied Zurich Holdings Limited, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Limited,      
Zurich Group Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the       
intermediate holding companies of the aforementioned companies and Zurich       
Financial Services their ultimate holding company.                              
The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term re
registration.                                                                   
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Date: 27/02/2003 05:41:25 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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