LAF - Lonrho Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares2 Sep 2010
LAF
LOLAF                                                                           
LAF - Lonrho Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares                     
LONRHO PLC                                                                      
(Formerly Lonrho Africa Plc)                                                    
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)                              
(Registration number 2805337)                                                   
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813                                     
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i)                              

1. Identity of the issuer or the                                                
underlying issuer of existing shares     Lonrho Plc                             
to which voting rights are 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  Rensburg Sheppards Investment                
to the notification obligation:    Management Limited                           
(iii)                                                                           
4. Full name of shareholder(s)     N/A                                          
(if different from 3.(iv)                                                       
5. Date of the transaction and     18th May 2010                                
date on which the threshold is                                                  
crossed or reached: (v)                                                         
6. Date on which issuer notified:  19th May 2010                                
7. Threshold(s) that is/are        4%                                           
crossed or reached: (vi), (vii)                                                 
8. Notified details:                                                            
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii), (ix)                                
Class/type    Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering        
of shares     previous to the   transaction                                     
if possible   triggering                                                        
using the     transaction                                                       
ISIN CODE                                                                       
             Number   Number   Number  Number of voting      % of voting        
             of       of       of      rights                rights x           
Shares   Voting   shares                                           
                      Rights                                                    
                               Direct  Direct   Indirect     Direct  Indirect   
                                       (xi)     (xii)                           
Ordinary      Below    Below                     45,623,416           4.34%     
Shares        3%       3%                                                       
GB0002568813                                                                    
                                                                                
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            
Type of      Expiration  Exercise/        Number of voting  % of voting         
financial    date        Conversion       rights that may   rights              
instrument   (xiii)      Period (xiv)     be 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       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/   Number of    % of voting      
financial     price      date (xvii)  Conversion  voting       rights (xix, xx) 
instrument                            period      rights                        
                                     xviii       instrument                     
refers to                      
                                                                                
                                                              Nominal  Delta    
                                                                                

Total (A+B+C)                                                                   
Number of voting rights            Percentage of voting rights                  
45,623,416                         4.34%                                        
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)                
Client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by       
Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Limited.                               
Proxy Voting:                                                                   
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                   
N/A                                                                             
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                    
N/A                                                                             
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                
N/A                                                                             
13. Additional information:                                                     
N/A                                                                             
14. Contact name:                                                               
Jim Hughes                                                                      
15. Contact telephone number:                                                   
0207 016 5105                                                                   
South African Sponsor                                                           
Java Capital                                                                    
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