TIDMLONR

RNS Number : 9454E

Lonrho PLC

16 May 2013

FORM 8 (OPD)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:                                  Lonrho PLC 
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 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):    N/A 
  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient 
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 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        Lonrho PLC 
  Use a separate form for each party to the offer 
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 (d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?                OFFEREE 
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 (e) Date position held:                                                                        16 May 2013 
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 (f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect   NO 
  of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

 
 Class of relevant security: 
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                                                     Interests      Short positions 
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                                                    Number    %      Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:    N/A     N/A      N/A       N/A 
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 (2) Derivatives (other than options):               N/A     N/A      N/A       N/A 
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 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:        N/A     N/A      N/A       N/A 
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                                                     N/A     N/A      N/A       N/A 
   TOTAL: 
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

   (b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:    N/A 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:   N/A 
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

   (c)        Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent 
 
 Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer 
  making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of 
  the Code): 
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 N/A 
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   3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
 Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe of any person acting in 
  concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure: 
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   Shares: 
    Name of Lonrho Shareholder    Number of Lonrho   Percentage of Lonrho 
                                       Shares         issued share capital 
    Geoffrey T. White             3,781,666          0.23% 
    David J. Armstrong            216,666            0.01% 
    Emma K. Priestley             187,926            0.01% 
    Ambassador Frances 
     Cook                         342,606            0.02% 
    Jean M. Ellis                 104,333            0.01% 
 
 
   Options: 
           Name           Share Scheme    Number of      Exercise       Exercise 
                                            shares         period       price (p) 
                                                       January 2009 
    Geoffrey             Unapproved                     - January 
     T. White             Share Scheme    2,000,000     2014           6.5p 
    Geoffrey             Unapproved                    April 2010 
     T. White             Share Scheme    20,000,000    - March 2015   13.75p 
                                                       August 2012 
    Geoffrey             Unapproved                     - August 
     T. White             Share Scheme    3,333,333     2016*          18.4p 
                                                       August 2013 
    Geoffrey             Unapproved                     - August 
     T. White             Share Scheme    3,333,333     2016*          22.0p 
                                                       August 2014 
    Geoffrey             Unapproved                     - August 
     T. White             Share Scheme    3,333,334     2016*          25.0p 
    Geoffrey             Performance      6,411,228    29 May 2015     nil 
     T. White             Share Plan 
                          2012 
                                                       January 2009 
    David J.             Unapproved                     - January 
     Armstrong            Share Scheme    1,000,000     2014           6.5p 
    David J.             Unapproved                    April 2010 
     Armstrong            Share Scheme    6,500,000     - March 2015   13.75p 
                                                       August 2012 
    David J.             Unapproved                     - August 
     Armstrong            Share Scheme    2,000,000     2016*          18.4p 
                                                       August 2013 
    David J.             Unapproved                     - August 
     Armstrong            Share Scheme    2,000,000     2016*          22.0p 
                                                       August 2014 
    David J.             Unapproved                     - August 
     Armstrong            Share Scheme    2,000,000     2016*          25.0p 
    David J.             Performance      4,079,872    29 May 2015     nil 
     Armstrong            Share Plan 
                          2012 
                                                       January 2009 
                         Unapproved                     - January 
    Emma K. Priestley     Share Scheme    1,000,000     2014           6.5p 
                         Unapproved                    April 2010 
    Emma K. Priestley     Share Scheme    1,000,000     - March 2015   13.75p 
 
 
   * These options do not vest immediately but vest from 2012 to 2014. 
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3 for each additional class of relevant security.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

   4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
   (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal 
  or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain 
  from dealing entered into by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting 
  in concert with it: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party 
  to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other 
  person relating to: 
  (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which 
  any derivative is referenced: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (c)        Attachments 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 
 Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)   NO 
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 Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)              NO 
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 Date of disclosure:    16 May 2013 
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 Contact name:          James Hughes, Company Secretary 
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 Telephone number:      020 7016 5105 
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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