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LON - Lonmin - Holding In Company 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") 27 JANUARY 2009 Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007 For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the LONMIN PLC underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) YES
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________ Prudential plc group of 3. Full name of person(s) companies subject to notification obligation: See attached schedule 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): 26 January 2009 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 27 January 2009 6. Date on which issuer notified: See item 13 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to the triggering shares transaction If possible use ISIN code Number of Number of voting rights shares
GB0031192486 19,423,738 19,423,738 Table continues 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of Number of voting Percentage of voting rights shares rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 19,573,738 19,573,738 12.40% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage financial date conversion that may be acquired of voting instrument period/date (if the instrument rights exercised/converted)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 19,573,738 12.40% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights N/A proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder N/A will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: M&G Securities Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc) has gone above a 5% notifiable position
triggering this notification 14 Contact name: Seema Kamboj 15. Contact telephone number: + 44 207 201 6053 Date: 28/01/2009 07:49:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
