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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
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN : GB00BYSRJ698 ("Lonmin")
4 January 2016
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
Barclays Plc
notification obligation: iii
Barclays Bank Plc
Absa Capital Securities (Pty) Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Gerrard Investment Management Ltd
(if different from 3.):iv Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
Palomino Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 28 December 2015
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 30 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
Below reportable threshold
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 Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Rights
Below Below Below Below Below
GB00BYSRJ698 17,236,437 17,236,437 reportable reportable reportable reportable reportable
threshold threshold threshold threshold threshold
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.
n/a 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
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
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
Below reportable threshold Below reportable threshold
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:
14. Contact name: John Morrison
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7201 6044
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
END
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