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”) For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are Lonrho PLC attached: ii 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 No acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying No financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No Other (please An increase in the issuer’s total voting rights No specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Zesiger Capital Group LLC (“ZCG”), as investment adviser notification obligation: iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Various discretionary accounts that ZCG manages (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or July 31, 2012 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: July 31, 2012 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Above 10% reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares to the triggering transaction x if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights Shares Voting xi xii Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Rights GB0002568813 153,154,001 9.74% 162,089,991 162,089,991 10.3% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting xiii xiv instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xix, Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights xvii xx instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to xviii period Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 162,089,991 10.3% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi 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: All shares are held indirectly by various discretionary accounts that ZCG manages. ZCG has voting discretion with respect to some but not all accounts. The above percentages were calculated based on the issuer’s disclosure on June 29, 2012 that it has 1,572,288,244 voting shares outstanding. 14. Contact name: Jim Hughes 15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 207 016 5105 1 August 2012 South African sponsor Java Capital Date: 01/08/2012 02:02:00 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.