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LON - Lonmin Plc - TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Release Date: 05/06/2009 17:44
Code(s): LON
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LON - Lonmin Plc - TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares 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") 5 JUNE 2009 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights YES An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject XSTRATA ZINC BV to the notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and 4 JUNE 2009 date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 JUNE 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are AS NOTIFIED ON 2 JUNE 2009, XSTRATA crossed or ZINC BV HAD, AT THAT TIME, A HOLDING reached: OF NIL PAID RIGHTS CARRYING THE RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW ORDINARY SHARES ("NEW ORDINARY SHARES") PURSUANT TO
THE RIGHTS ISSUE ANNOUNCED BY LONMIN ON 11 MAY 2009 (THE "RIGHTS ISSUE"). IN ADDITION, XSTRATA ZINC BV HAD A HOLDING OF ORDINARY SHARES WHICH
REPRESENTED 24.67% OF LONMIN`S THEN ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL. FOLLOWING THE TAKE UP OF ITS FULL ENTITLEMENTS UNDER THE RIGHTS ISSUE
XSTRATA ZINC BV RECEIVED 8,653,204 NEW ORDINARY SHARES ON 4 JUNE 2009. FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF ALL OF THE NEW ORDINARY SHARES UNDER THE RIGHTS
ISSUE, XSTRATA ZINC BV`S PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN VOTING RIGHTS REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 24.67% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of previous transaction shares to the triggering if possible transaction using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of % of voting Of Of of voting rights Shares Voting shares rights
Rights Direct Direct Indire Direct Indirec ct t Lonmin 38,939, 38,939, 47,592, 47,592, 24.67 Ordinary 421 421 625 625 Shares GB0031192486 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial ion Conversion rights that may rights instrument date Period be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting financial se tion e/ rights rights instrument price date Convers instrument ion refers to period
Nominal Delt a Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 47,592,625 REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 24.67% FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF THE NEW ORDINARY SHARES UNDER THE RIGHTS
ISSUE 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: XSTRATA ZINC BV, XSTRATA (SCHWEIZ) AG AND XSTRATA PLC Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder N/A will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A hold voting rights: THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING MADE 13. Additional information: FOLLOWING XSTRATA ZINC BV`S PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION ON 2 JUNE 2009.
XSTRATA ZINC BV HAD, AT THAT TIME, A HOLDING OF NIL PAID RIGHTS CARRYING THE RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW
ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO THE RIGHTS ISSUE. IN ADDITION, XSTRATA ZINC BV HAD A HOLDING OF ORDINARY SHARES WHICH REPRESENTED 24.67% OF
LONMIN`S THEN ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL. FOLLOWING THE TAKE UP OF ITS FULL ENTITLEMENTS UNDER THE RIGHTS ISSUE XSTRATA ZINC BV
RECEIVED 8,653,204 NEW ORDINARY SHARES ON 4 JUNE 2009. FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF ALL OF THE NEW ORDINARY SHARES UNDER THE RIGHTS ISSUE,
XSTRATA ZINC BV`S PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN VOTING RIGHTS REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 24.67% 14. Contact name: Seema Kamboj, Lonmin plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6053 Date: 05/06/2009 17:44:03 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.

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