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LON - Lonmin Plc - 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") 27 January 2011 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Lonmin Plc issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X 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 to Prudential plc group of thenotification obligation: iii companies 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date on 25 January 2011 which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 26 January 2011 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or See item 13 reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering ofshares previousto the transaction if possible triggering usingthe transaction ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of % of voting of of of voting rights rights x Shares Voting shares
Rights Direct Direct Indire Direct Indirec xi ct xii t ORD USD1 24,363, 24,363, 24,317, 24,125, 191,48 11.93% 0.09% GB0031192486 334 334 404 920 4 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of financialinstrum ion Conversion rights that may votingrights ent date Period xiv be acquired if xiii the instrument
is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting financialins se tion e/Conve rights rights xix, trument price date rsion instrument xx xvii period refers to xviii Nomina Delta
l Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 24,317,404 12.02% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi 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 the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder N/A will ceaseto hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A holdvoting rights: 13. Additional information: M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G
Limited) has moved below a 12% notifiable interest triggering this notification.
14. Contact name: Seema Kamboj Lonmin Plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6053 Date: 28/01/2011 07:23:01 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.
