LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY

LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY                                                 
GB0031192486                                                                    
2 JUNE 2003                                                                     
Lonmin Plc has today been notified 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          219077      7,805                               
219078      4,870                               

                                219059      90,552                              
                                219064      114,461                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd         21688       246,234                             
03449       240,000                             

                                02891       3,655,400                           
                                07198       359,883                             
                                07205       283,323                             
07207       381,234                             

                                07199       27,945                              
                                09890       71,398                              
                                02642       101,620                             
27642       61,147                              

TOTAL                                       5,645,872                           
Current ownership percentage                4.00                                
Previous 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 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: 02/06/2003 05:03:58 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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