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Share issue to easyGroup and Lonrho
Lonrho Plc
(Formerly Lonrho Africa Plc)
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813)
("Lonrho")
Rubicon News Releases
Lonrho advises that Rubicon Diversified Investments Plc has today made the following news/media releases:
1. Rubicon (AIM:RUBI) announces that easyGroup Holdings Ltd (“eGH”), a Company controlled by Sir Stelios
Haji-Ioannou, will be issued with 93,327,995 new ordinary shares of 1p each of the Company (“Shares”) as
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agreed in the exclusive FastJet Brand Licence entered into on 3 May 2012. Following the issue of these
Shares eGH will hold 5.00% of the fully diluted share capital of the Company.
In addition, eGH has been granted options over 207,395,455 Shares, representing 10% of the enlarged fully
diluted share capital, at an exercise price of 5.2p per share. These options vest immediately and are
exercisable at any time up to and including 2 August 2014.
Following Admission of the Shares, which is expected to take place on 7 August 2012, the Company will have
1,542,658,090 ordinary shares in issue. This figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Rubicon’s Executive Chairman, David Lenigas, stated:
“Sir Stelios’s easyGroup Holdings Ltd now holds 5% of the fully diluted shares of Rubicon and an option to
acquire another 10% of the Company for 2 years at an exercise price of 5.2 pence per share. The Company is
delighted to welcome easyGroup as a significant shareholder in the Company, as we move forward to
launching Africa’s first true Low Cost Airline.”
2. Rubicon (AIM:RUBI) further announces that, as set out in the Admission Document dated 13 June 2012,
application has been made for 177,476,684 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the share capital of the
Company (the “Tranche B Consideration Shares”), issued to Lonrho Support Services Limited (a wholly
owned subsidiary of Lonrho Plc) in satisfaction of the Acquisition Agreement, to be admitted to trading on AIM.
Following issue of the Tranche B Consideration Shares Lonrho Plc’s total beneficial interest in the Company
will be 1,160,037,455 ordinary shares, representing 67.4% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Following Admission of the Shares, which is expected to take place on 7 August 2012, the Company will have
1,720,134,774 ordinary shares in issue. This figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Defined terms in this announcement have the meanings defined in the admission document dated 13 June,
which is available from the Company's website: www.rubicondiv.co.uk
For further information please contact:
Lonrho Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105
David Lenigas
Geoffrey White
David Armstrong
FTI Consulting +44 (0) 20 7831 3113
Edward Westropp
Georgina Bonham
Jefferies Hoare Govett +44 (0) 20 7029 8000
Sara Hale
Harry Nicholas
Simon Brown
2 August 2012
South African Sponsor
Java Capital
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