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 August 2009 from the Trustee of the     
Lonmin Employee Benefit Trust that awards made on 17 August 2006 under the Long 
Term Incentive Plan vested to the extent of 30.5% 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 the same date by Mr Farmer and Mr Jamieson of  
the same information in discharge of their obligations 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     shares     shares    shares     price                    
PDMR        under      vested     sold (in  retained   (GBP)                    
LTIP                  London)                                        

Ian Farmer  12,784     3,899      1,603     2,296      GBP13.744                
(director)                                             2                        
Albert      2,095      638        638       0          GBP13.744                
Jamieson                                               2                        
(PDMR)                                                                          
Following this notification, Mr Farmer holds a total of 58,985 shares in the    
Company and Mr Jamieson holds 11,872 shares.                                    
Date: 19/08/2009 12:59:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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