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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") 8 JULY 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 Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) to the notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions (if different from 3.): Management) Limited (PMC) 06 July 2009 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 07 July 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are From 4% - 3% (L&G) crossed orreached: 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous shares to the triggering transaction if possible using the ISIN CODE Number Number Of Of Shares Voting Rights
ORD 7,716,446 7,716,446 USD 1 Table continued 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting % of voting rights
Number rights of shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 7,714,084 7,714,084 3.99 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting Type of Expiration Exercise/ rights that may be % of voting financial date Conversion acquired if the rights instrument Period instrument is exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expirati Exercise/ Number of % of voting financial price on date Conversion voting rights rights instrument period instrument refers to
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 3.99 7,714,084 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (7,714,084 - 3.99% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (7,024,886 - 3.64% = PMC) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society Management) Limited (PMC) (7,024,886 - Limited (LGAS & LGPL) 3.64% = PMC) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 192,896,710
14. Contact name: Seema Kamboj, Lonmin Plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6053 Date: 08/07/2009 16:30:01 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.
