TIDMLONR 
 
RNS Number : 9990D 
Lonrho PLC 
11 December 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                    | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer          | Lonrho Plc           | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are               |                      | 
| attached: ii                                                |                      | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              |    X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting       |         | 
| rights are attached                                                      |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   |         | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |         | 
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| Other (please        |                                                   |         | 
| specify):            |                                                   |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject | The owners of the shares are EP Cayman,        | 
| to the                            | Ltd. and Eton Park Master Fund, Ltd. (the      | 
| notification obligation: iii      | "owners"). Eton Park Capital Management, L.P.  | 
|                                   | (the "Investment Manager") has been granted    | 
|                                   | discretionary investment management authority  | 
|                                   | in respect of the assets of the owners. The    | 
|                                   | Investment Manager has in turn delegated       | 
|                                   | investment management authority in respect of  | 
|                                   | the assets of the owners to its UK affiliate,  | 
|                                   | Eton Park International LLP (the               | 
|                                   | "sub-Manager").                                | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)    | EP Cayman, Ltd., and Eton Park Master Fund,    | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv        | Ltd. The holding in shares is registered in    | 
|                                   | the name of a nominee, Morstan Nominees Ltd.   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and    | 09 December 2009                               | 
| date on                           |                                                | 
| which the threshold is crossed or |                                                | 
| reached: v                        |                                                | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 11 December 2009                               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are       | 7%                                             | 
| crossed or                        |                                                | 
| reached: vi, vii                  |                                                | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                          | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                                  | 
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| Class/type of       | Situation previous                      | Resulting situation after the triggering                                                      | 
| shares              | to the triggering                       | transaction                                                                                   | 
| if possible using   | transaction                             |                                                                                               | 
| the ISIN CODE       |                                         |                                                                                               | 
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|                     | Number                    | Number      | Number                    | Number of                 | % of voting                           | 
|                     | of                        | of          | of shares                 | voting                    | rights x                              | 
|                     | Shares                    | Voting      |                           | rights                    |                                       | 
|                     |                           | Rights      |                           |                           |                                       | 
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|                     |                           |             | Direct                    | Direct xi  | Indirect xii | Direct                    | Indirect  | 
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| GB0002568813        | 40,000,000                | 5.01%       | 70,000,000                | 70,000,000 |              | 7.30%                     |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                           | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                          | 
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| Type of financial                        | Expiration | Exercise/                                | Number of voting                            | % of         | 
| instrument                               | date xiii  | Conversion                               | rights that may                             | voting       | 
|                                          |            | Period xiv                               | be                                          | rights       | 
|                                          |            |                                          | acquired if the                             |              | 
|                                          |            |                                          | instrument is                               |              | 
|                                          |            |                                          | exercised/                                  |              | 
|                                          |            |                                          | converted.                                  |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                                 | 
| Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                                           | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                          | 
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| Type of financial                     | Exercise   | Expiration                     | Exercise/     | Number of           | % of voting                       | 
| instrument                            | price      | date xvii                      | Conversion    | voting              | rights xix,                       | 
|                                       |            |                                | period xviii  | rights              | xx                                | 
|                                       |            |                                |               | instrument          |                                   | 
|                                       |            |                                |               | refers to           |                                   | 
|                                       |            |                                |               |                     |                                   | 
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|                                       |            |                                |               |                     | Nominal                   | Delta | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                          | 
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| 70,000,000                                                                             | 7.30%                                                                | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| The parent undertakings of the Investment Manager are:*                          | 
| Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C.*                                            | 
| Eric M. Mindich                                                                  | 
| The parent undertakings of the sub-Manager are :*                                | 
| Eton Park Capital Limited*                                                       | 
| The Investment Manager*                                                          | 
| Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C.*                                            | 
| Eric M. Mindich                                                                  | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  | Not applicable                  | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  | Not applicable                  | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   | Not applicable                  | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                  |                                   | 
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| 14. Contact name:                            | Jim Hughes                        | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                | 0207 016 5105                     | 
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