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LAF - Lonrho Plc - Notification of major interest in shares
LONRHO PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813
("Lonrho" or "the Company")
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Lonrho PLC
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 No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which No
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 No
to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
Other (please An increase in the issuer`s total voting rights Yes
specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Capital Group International, Inc.
notification obligation: (iii)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.): (iv)
5. Date of the transaction and date on January 3, 2012
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: (v)
6. Date on which issuer notified: January 10, 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Below 6%
reached: (vi, vii)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
Class/type of Situation Resulting situation after the triggering
shares if previous to the transaction
possible using triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction
Number Number Number of Number of % of voting
of of shares voting rights rights (x)
Shares Voting
Rights
Dire Indirec Dire Indirec Dire Indire
ct t ct t (xii) ct ct
(xi)
Ordinary 89,841, 89,841, 89,841, 89,841, 5.7293
(GB0002568813) 247 247 247 247 %
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument ion Conversion rights that may rights
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
financial se tion e/ rights rights (xix,
instrument price date Convers instrument xx)
(xvii) ion refers to
period
(xviii)
Nomina Delta
l
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
89,841,247 5.7293%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
Number of Percentage of
Shares Outstanding
Capital Group International, Inc. 89,841,247 5.729%
("CGII") holdings
Holdings by CGII Management Companies and
Funds:
Capital Guardian Trust Company 4,709,681 0.300%
Capital International Limited 599,700 0.038%
Capital International SArl 25,739,700 1.641%
Capital International, Inc. 58,792,166 3.749%
Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder
will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Vivien Tan
15. Contact telephone number: +1 213 615 0469
10 January 2012
South African sponsor
Java Capital
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