Lonrho Regulatory News (LONR)

24 Apr 2007 18:24

Lonrho Africa PLC24 April 2007 LONRHO AFRICA PLC "Lonrho Africa" or the "Company" Holding in Company In conformity with the Transparency Directive, Lonrho Africa was informed on 23April 2007 by Ospraie Management LLC that, as at 20 April 2007, OspraiePortfolio Ltd was interested in 10,020,153 ordinary shares of 1 pence each inthe share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and Ospraie Advisors LP andOspraie Special Opportunities Master Holdings Ltd were interested in 6,636,990Ordinary Shares. Accordingly their combined interest is 16,657,143 OrdinaryShares, representing approximately 7.43% of the Company's issued share capital. 24 April 2007 Enquiries: Lonrho Africa Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105David Lenigas, Chief Executive +44 (0)7881 825 378Emma Priestley, Executive Director +44 (0)7867 785 177 Pelham PRCharles Vivian +44 (0) 20 7743 6672 +44 (0) 7977 297 903Alisdair Haythornthwaite +44 (0) 20 7743 6676 +44 (0) 771 472 1379 Collins StewartSimon Atkinson +44 (0) 207 523 8000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange