LON - Lonmin Plc - Notification of Directors` and PDMRs` shareholdings pursuant

LON - Lonmin Plc - Notification of Directors` and PDMRs` shareholdings pursuant 
                   to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4                    
Lonmin Plc                                                                      
(Incorporated in England and Wales)                                             
(Registered in the Republic of South Africa under registration number           
1969/000015/10)                                                                 
JSE code: LON                                                                   
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN: GB0031192486                                         
("Lonmin")                                                                      
Notification of Directors` and PDMRs` shareholdings pursuant to                 
Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4                                          
The Company received notification on 18 November 2008 from the Trustee of the   
Lonmin Employee Benefit Trust that awards made on 30 September 2005 under the   
Long Term Incentive Plan vested to the extent of 38% resulting in the release,  
part sale and part retention of shares as detailed below, all of which occurred 
yesterday.                                                                      
The Company was also notified on 18 November 2008 by Mr Farmer, a director of   
the Company, of the same information in discharge of his obligation under Rule  
3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.                                 
The sale by Mr Farmer was to realise sufficient cash proceeds to satisfy his    
liability for income tax and national insurance on the vesting of the award and 
the balance of his shares have been retained.                                   
Name of       No. of        No. of        No. of     No. of        Sale         
director      shares under  shares        shares     shares        price        
             original      vested        sold       retained      (GBP)         
             LTIP                                                               
Ian Farmer    23,000        8,740         3,593      5,147         GBP8.3632    
Following this notification, Mr Farmer`s total shareholding in the Company is   
40,968.                                                                         
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