TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Sharesi 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") TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Sharesi For filings with the FCA 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 Lonmin Plc of existing shares to which voting rights are GB0031192486 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 acquisition of n/a shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments n/a An event changing the breakdown of voting rights n/a Other (please specify): n/a 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the UBS Investment Bank notification obligation: iii UBS Group AG 4. Full name of shareholder(s) UBS AG London Branch (if different from 3.):iv UBS Limited 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 9 June 2015 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 June 2015 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 3% 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 if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights Shares Voting Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect Rights GB0031192486 Below Below Notifiable Notifiable - - 19,276,978 - 3.30% Threshold Threshold B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv 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 Type of financial Exercise Expirati Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights xix, xx instrument price on date Conversion instrument refers to xvii period xviii Nominal Delta - - - - - - - Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 19,276,978 3.30% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi UBS Group AG is a group holding company for UBS Investment Bank business. Voting rights are held through its controlled undertakings as set out below. UBS AG - directly through its branches: UBS AG London Branch – 19,242,621 (3.29%); and - indirectly through its subsidiaries: UBS Limited – 34,357 (0.01%) 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: Seema Kamboj, Company Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: 00 44 20 7201 6053 12 June 2015 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 12/06/2015 01:00:00 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.