Lonrho Regulatory News (LONR)

8 August 2012

Lonrho Plc("Lonrho")

Lonrho advises that FastJet Plc (formerly Rubicon Diversified Investments Plc) has today made the following news/media release:

FastJet Plc("FastJet" (AIM : FJET)

FASTJET PASSENGER STATISTICS FOR JULY 2012

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Month ending July 2012 July 2011 Change

Passengers 60,367 40,673 48.4%

Load Factor 65.2% 62.8% 2.4%

Rolling 12 months ending July 2012 July 2011 Change

Passengers 609,108 336,333 81.1%

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Note 1: Statistics are for the current Fly540 network operating out of Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Ghana.

Note 2: An Embraer 170 (76 seats) and an ATR72-200 (66 seats) will join the Fly540 fleet in the second half of August.

Note 3: The FastJet brand is scheduled to add to passenger number from November 2012 with the launch of the first 156 seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

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Lonrho Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105

David Lenigas

Geoffrey White

David Armstrong

FTI Consulting +44 (0) 20 7831 3113

Edward Westropp

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