Lonrho Regulatory News (LONR)

26 Sep 2007 17:59

Lonrho PLC26 September 2007 26 September 2007 LONRHO PLC TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer LONRHO PLCof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: (the "Company")2. Reason for notification (yes/no)An acquisition or disposal of voting rights YesAn acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition Noof shares already issued to which voting rights are attachedAn event changing the breakdown of voting rights NoOther (please specify): No3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd. Onobligation: behalf of itself and Mackenzie Financial Corporation (which has an individual notification obligation)4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd.3): (30,925,000 voting rights) Chase Nominees Limited (5,500,000 voting rights)5. Date of transaction (and date on which thethreshold is crossed or reached if different): September 21, 20076. Date on which issuer notified: September 24, 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 13% (see box 9)8. Notified DetailsA: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares the triggering transactionIf possibleuse ISIN code Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting rights Percentage of voting Shares voting rights rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect GB0002568813 35,925,000 36,425,000 36,425,000 13.14% (see box 9) (see box 9) B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Exercise / Conversion No. of voting rights that % of votinginstrument date Period/Date may be acquired (if the rights instrument exercised / converted) Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights36,425,000 13.14% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable:11.16% of the voting rights are held by Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd. As investmentmanager which has a disclosable interest as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(h). 1.98% of the voting rights are held by Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management (Bermuda) Ltd., asinvestment manager, which has an interest but no individual disclosure obligation. Mackenzie (Rockies) Corp. is a 100% shareholder of Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management (Bermuda)Ltd. Mackenzie Financial Corporation is a 100% shareholder of Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd.and Mackenzie (Rockies) Corp. and has an indirect holding of 13.14% as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(e). Proxy Voting:10. Name of proxy holder: N/A11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/Arights: 13. Additional information:14. Contact name: Jim Hughes15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0)20 7016 5105 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange