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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") 17 MAY 2012 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the Lonmin Plc underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes 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 Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) to the notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A (if different from 3.): 15 May 2012 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 16 May 2012 7. Threshold(s) that is/are L&G (Below 3%) crossed or reached: 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of previous transaction shares to the triggering
if possible transaction using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number of % of voting of of Number voting rights Shares Voting of rights Rights shares
Direct Indirec Direct Indirec t t Ordinary 7,706,524 Below 3% USD1 (As on 01/10/2009) B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting Type of Expirat Exercise/ rights that may % of voting financial ion Conversion be rights instrument date Period acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting financial se tion e/ rights rights instrument price date Convers instrument ion refers to
period Nomina Delta l
Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights Below 3% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder N/A will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A hold voting rights: Notification using the total voting 13. Additional information: rights figure of 202,657,369
14. Contact name: Seema Kamboj, Lonmin Plc 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6053 Date: 17/05/2012 13:53:01 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.
