LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY

LONMIN PLC - HOLDING IN COMPANY                                                 
GB 0031192486                                                                   
8 MARCH 2004                                                                    
Lonmin Plc was notified on 5 March 2004 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      202,553                             
219064      114,461                             

Littledown Nominees Ltd         03449       550,000                             
                                02891       4,571,400                           
                                11121       10,000                              
07205       318,963                             

                                21688       382,352                             
                                07207       748,545                             
                                07199       48,714                              
9890        152,020                             

                                02642       266,650                             
William & Glyns Nominees Ltd    0700096001  40,000                              
TOTAL                                       7,405,658                           
Current ownership percentage                5.24                                
Previous ownership percentage               4.00                                
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. 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 and Zurich International (UK)   
Ltd.  It is also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.      
Williams & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for ZFS Group          
subsidiary, Allied Dunbar International Assurance Ltd, and for the Royal Bank of
Scotland (Isle of Man) Limited, the Trustee for Allied Dunbar International     
Funds Ltd.                                                                      
ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.        
This notification is made on behalf of:                                         
Allied Dunbar International Assurance Ltd; Allied Dunbar International Fund     
Managers Ltd and 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.                        
Zurich Insurance Company (UK) Limited and Zurich Insurance Company;             
Allied Zurich Holdings Limited, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Limited,      
Zurich Group Holding, 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: 08/03/2004 05:57:14 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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