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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 & LONN
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN : GB0031192486 ("Lonmin")
1 December 2015
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i)
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): Refer to Section 13 x
Morgan Stanley
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
(Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth
notification obligation (iii):
Management)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(if different from 3.)(iv):
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 26/11/2015
reached (v):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 30/11/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
vi, vii 3%, 4%, 5%
reached:
8. Notified details:
viii, ix
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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 Indirect
Direct Direct xii Direct Indirect
Rights
GB0031192486 Below 3% Below 3% 34,661,194 34,661,194 5.91 %
B,: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
xiii
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights
xiv
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
Right of Recall over a
securities lending n/a n/a 234,443 0.04%
agreement
Depositary Receipt n/a n/a 46 0.00 %
xv, xvi
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
xix,
Type of financial Exercise Expiration date Exercise/ Number of % of voting rights
xvii xx
instrument price Conversion voting rights
xviii
period instrument refers
to
Equity Swap Nominal Delta
n/a 08-07-2016 n/a 39,690
(Cash Settled)
n/a 0.01 %
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
34,935,373 5.95 %
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
xxi
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is a direct holder of
33,040,557 voting rights (5.63%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)
Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AD is an indirect holder of
33,040,557 voting rights (5.63%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group
Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder 33,040,557 voting
rights (5.63%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder of
33,040,557 voting rights (5.63%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Centre,
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA is an indirect holder of 33,040,557 voting rights (5.63%) and
is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.
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:
This notification has been made pursuant to the enactment of
13. Additional information: Directive 2013/50/EC into national law.
Of the total voting rights attached to shares in Section 8A,
8,463,767 (1.44%) of these are the result of stock borrowing
agreements.
14. Contact name: John Morrison
15. Contact telephone number: +44 20 7201 6044
END
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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