LONMIN PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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")

28 September 2015

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                     LONMIN PLC
attached: ii

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
                                                              PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION “SOC” LIMITED
notification obligation: iii



4. Full name of shareholder(s)
                                                                                      N/A
(if different from 3.):iv


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                                             22 September 2015
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             25 September 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                                       8%
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
                                                       Direct            xi      Indirect xii    Direct         Indirect
                                         Rights

             LON
                        50,733,635                      44870970                                   7.683%




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.

NONE                           N/A             N/A                         N/A                         N/A



C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial        Exercise       Expiration    Exercise/        Number of voting rights      % of voting rights xix, xx
instrument               price          date xvii     Conversion       instrument refers to
                                                      period xviii
                                                                                                    Nominal        Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights

44870970                                                        7.683%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi


N/A




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:                                  N/A



14. Contact name:                                            John Morrison


15. Contact telephone number:                                020 7201 6044


      Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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