TR-1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

LONRHO PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813)
(a''Lonrhoa'' or a''the Companya'')

Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are

                                                                        Lonrho Plc
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 to the

                                                         Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:



4. Full name of shareholder(s)

                                                                         N/A
 (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or                                   27 June 2012
reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:         03 July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached:                                 L&G (Above 3%)
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of       Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares               to the triggering
                        transaction

if possible using   Number      Number                            Number of voting            % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE          of          of         Number                  rights
                    Shares       Voting      of shares

                                                                 Direct        Indirect      Direct       Indirect
                                 Rights

                          Below 3%

ORD GBP0.01                                 47,323,059        47,323,059                     3.00%
                     (As at 05/01/12)


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

                                                                     Number of voting
Type of financial          Expiration     Exercise/                  rights that may be         % of voting
instrument                 date           Conversion Period          acquired if the            rights
                                                                     instrument is
                                                                     exercised/ converted.





C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction



Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/        Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
instrument            price        date         Conversion       instrument refers to
                                                period

                                                                                               Nominal        Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                    Percentage of voting rights


                     47,323,059                                                      3.00%
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) ( 47,323,059 a'' 3.00%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)



Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited    Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD)                                           (LGIH)



Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited     Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS &
(PMC)                                                       LGPL)



                                                            Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)




Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                          N/A
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                            N/A
voting rights:





13. Additional information:                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of
                                                                              1,572,288,244



14. Contact name:                                                               Jim Hughes
15. Contact telephone number:   +44 (0) 207 016 5105


4 July 2012

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