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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") 17 March 2011 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the Lonmin Plc underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 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 companies thenotification obligation: iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date 15 March 2011 onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 16 March 2011 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 11% - 10% orreached: 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 triggeringtransa usingthe ction ISIN CODE Numbero Numbero Numbero Number of % of voting rights
fShares fVoting f votingrights x Rights shares Direct Direct Indire Direct Indirect xi ct xii
ORD USD1 22,268, 22,268, 21,975, 21,770, 205,10 10.76% 0.10% GB0031192486 451 451 530 427 3 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of % of financialinstrum iondate Conversion votingrights votingrights ent xiii Period xiv that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ 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, xx trument price date rsion instrument xvii period refers to xviii
Nomina Delta l Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 21,975,530 10.86% 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 will cease to N/A hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A rights: 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: Seema Kamboj, Lonmin Plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6053 Date: 17/03/2011 14:43:29 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.
