Lonmin Plc - Holding in Company Announcement

Lonmin Plc - Holding in Company Announcement                                    
LONMIN PLC                                                                      
GB0031192486                                                                    
3 October 2003                                                                  
Lonmin Plc has today been notified by Fidelity Management & Research Company    
(FMRCO) of the following interests in ordinary shares of $1 each of the Company 
in accordance with Sections 198-202 (as amended) of the Companies Act 1985 (the 
Act).                                                                           
2. Notifiable Interest:                                                         
A) FMR Corp.                                                                    
82 Devonshire Street                                                            
Boston, MA 02109                                                                
Parent holding company of FMRCO, investment manager for US mutual funds, and    
Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts  
as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See  
Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).          
(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)                                        
P.O. Box HM 670                                                                 
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda                                                          
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including  
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), 
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional   
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their       
holdings.)                                                                      
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:           
Mr.Edward C.Johnson 3d                                                          
82 Devonshire street                                                            
Boston, MA 02109                                                                
Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and FIL.                                     
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit  
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Act.                                               
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate             
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes
of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its   
direct and indirect subsidiaries, FIL and its direct and indirect subsidiaries  
or Mr.Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the       
disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on 
a joint basis. FMR Corp and FIL are non-beneficial holders.                     
6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely  
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such       
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.                           
SCHEDULE A                                                                      
REGISTERED HOLDER                NO OF SHARES  MANAGEMENT                       
(if known)                                     COMPANY                          
HSBC                             1,292,784     FMRCO                            
State Street Bank & Trust        3,000         FMRCO                            
State Street Nominees Ltd        5,356         FMTC                             
Brown Bothers Harriman           3,792         FMTC                             
Chase Manhattan Bank London      739,407       FISL                             
Bankers Trust                    39,222        FPM                              
MSS Nominees Ltd                 39,795        FPM                              
Bank of New York Europe          60,466        FPM                              
Citibank                         74,871        FPM                              
Nortrust Nominees Ltd            251,934       FIL                              
Bankers Trust                    43,581        FIL                              
RBS Trust Bank                   133,179       FIL                              
Bank of New York Europe          40,519        FIL                              
State Street Bank & Trust        18,195        FIL                              
Northern Trust                   238,640       FIL                              
State Street Nominees Ltd        107,435       FIL                              
Bank of New York London          326,000       FIL                              
Morgan Stanley                   157,486       FIL                              
Chase Manhattan Bank London      200,284       FIL                              
JP Morgan                        703,674       FIL                              
Total Ordinary Shares            4,479,620                                      
Ownership as at 2 October 2003                                                  
percentage                        3.18%                                         
Date: 03/10/2003 05:07:03 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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