LONRHO PLC - TR1 Notification of major interest in shares

                                               Lonrho Plc

                                      (Formerly Lonrho Africa 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


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying

issuer of existing shares to which voting rights                             Lonrho Plc
are attached:



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 the

notification obligation:                                         Capital Group International, Inc.


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on which

the threshold is crossed or reached:                                        17 July 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

                                                                            18 July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

                                                                                  5%


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 of           % of voting
the ISIN        Number         Number       of shares             voting rights       rights
CODE            of             of
                Shares         Voting

                                            Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect   Direct    Indirect
                               Rights


Ordinary
Shares (ISIN:

GB0002568813    82,412,614     82,412,614            78,412,6              78,412,6             4.9872%
)                                                    14                    14




B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial       Expiration          Exercise/           Number of voting        % of voting
instrument              date                Conversion          rights that may be      rights
                                            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             Exercise     Expiration    Exercise/         Number of voting     % of voting
financial           price        date          Conversion        rights instrument    rights
instrument                                     period            refers to
                                                                                      Nominal       Delta




Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights


                     78,412,614                                               4.9872%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:

                                                         Jim Hughes

15. Contact telephone number:

                                                     +44 (0) 20 7016 5105



As of 17 July 2012

Lonrho Plc



                                                             Number of      Percentage of
                                                               Shares        outstanding
Capital Group International, Inc ('CGII') holdings           78, 412, 614      4.987%
Holdings by CGII Management Companies and Funds:

 - Capital Guardian Trust Company                             4,320,600        0.275%


 - Capital International Limited                               599,700         0.038%


 - Capital International Sarl                                22,706,656        1.444%


 - Capital International, Inc.                               50,785,658        3.230%


19 July 2012

South African Sponsor
Java Capital


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