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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") 9 JUNE 2011 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Lonmin Plc issuer of existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): X An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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 the notification Prudential plc group obligation: iii of companies 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv 08 June 2011
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 09 June 2011 6. Date on which issuer notified: See item 13 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of shares previous to the transaction if possible triggering using the transaction ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of rights rights x Shares Voting shares Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
xi xii ORD USD1 25,407, 25,407, 25,353,9 19,542, 5,811,56 9.65% 2.87% GB0031192486 270 270 61 401 0 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights financial ion Conversion rights that may instrument 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 Exercise Number of % of voting rights financial se tion / voting rights xix, xx instrument price date Conversi instrument xvii on refers to period xviii
Nomina Delta l Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 25,353,961 12.52% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial 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: N/A 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved below
a 5% notifiable interest triggering this notification.
Rob Bellhouse 14. Contact name: Lonmin Plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6052 Date: 10/06/2011 07:30:01 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.
