NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY PURSUANT TO DTR 3.1.4R 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") NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY PURSUANT TO DTR 3.1.4R 30 November 2012 Lonmin Plc (the “Company”) announces that it has today been notified of dealings by the Chief Executive Officer, Ian Farmer, and the PDMRs listed below. The New Shares (nil paid) result from Bonus Invested Shares held by Mr Farmer and the PDMRs in the Company’s employee benefit trust by virtue of the Deferred Annual Bonus Plan. As previously announced, Mr Farmer did not provide an irrevocable undertaking to follow his rights in full in light of the course of medical treatment he is receiving. Instead, he elected to sell a sufficient number of his New Shares (nil paid) to enable him to use the cash proceeds of this transaction, after the deduction of dealing costs, to take up the remaining New Shares at 140p each. Mr Jamieson and Mr Munroe made similar elections, as detailed below, to take up New Shares at R19.4872. Director Full New Shares Sale price New Shares Date of Location entitlement (nil paid) (nil paid) to transaction of trade of New sold be taken up Shares (nil paid) Ian Farmer 58,933 30,500 £1.307759 28,433 29 Nov LSE 2012 PDMR Full New Shares Sale price New Shares Date of Location entitlement (nil paid) (nil paid) to transaction of trade of New sold be taken up Shares (nil paid) Albert Jamieson 19,839 10,454 R17.50 9,385 30 Nov JSE 2012 Mark Munroe 16,596 8,745 R17.50 7,851 30 Nov JSE 2012 A further announcement of the subscription for the New Shares will be made following the closing of the rights issue on 10 December 2012. ENQUIRIES Investors / Analysts: Lonmin Tanya Chikanza (Head of Investor +27 11 218 8300 / Relations) +44 20 7201 6007 Ruli Diseko (Investor Relations +27 11 218 8373 Manager) Media: Cardew Group James Clark / Emma Crawshaw +44 20 7930 0777 Sue Vey +27 72 644 9777 Brunswick - Johannesburg +27 11 502 7400 / Itumeleng Mahabane +27 83 325 9169 Notes to editors Lonmin, which is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is one of the world's largest primary producers of PGMs. These metals are essential for many industrial applications, especially catalytic converters for internal combustion engine emissions, as well as their widespread use in jewellery. Lonmin's operations are situated in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, where nearly 80% of known global PGM resources are found. The Company creates value for shareholders through mining, refining and marketing PGMs and has a vertically integrated operational structure - from mine to market. Lonmin's mining operations extract ore from which the Process Division produces refined PGMs for delivery to customers. Underpinning the operations is the Shared Services function which provides high quality levels of support and infrastructure across the operations. For further information please visit our website: www.lonmin.com Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 03/12/2012 07:05:00 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.