Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:5290Q
Lonmin PLC
03 October 2003


3 October 2003

Lonmin Plc has today been notified by Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMRCO) of the following interests in ordinary shares of $1 each of the Company
in accordance with Sections 198-202 (as amended) of the Companies Act 1985 (the
Act).

2. Notifiable Interest:

A) FMR Corp.

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of FMRCO, investment manager for US mutual funds, and
Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See
Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

P.O. Box HM 670

Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their
holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

Mr.Edward C.Johnson 3d

82 Devonshire street

Boston, MA 02109

Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and FIL.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Act.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes
of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, FIL and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
or Mr.Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on
a joint basis. FMR Corp and FIL are non-beneficial holders.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

SCHEDULE A

REGISTERED HOLDER                   NO OF SHARES        MANAGEMENT
(if known)                                              COMPANY

HSBC                                       1,292,784    FMRCO

State Street Bank & Trust                      3,000    FMRCO
State Street Nominees Ltd                      5,356    FMTC
Brown Bothers Harriman                         3,792    FMTC
Chase Manhattan Bank London                  739,407    FISL
Bankers Trust                                 39,222    FPM
MSS Nominees Ltd                              39,795    FPM
Bank of New York Europe                       60,466    FPM
Citibank                                      74,871    FPM
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                        251,934    FIL
Bankers Trust                                 43,581    FIL
RBS Trust Bank                               133,179    FIL
Bank of New York Europe                       40,519    FIL
State Street Bank & Trust                     18,195    FIL
Northern Trust                               238,640    FIL
State Street Nominees Ltd                    107,435    FIL
Bank of New York London                      326,000    FIL
Morgan Stanley                               157,486    FIL
Chase Manhattan Bank London                  200,284    FIL
JP Morgan                                    703,674    FIL


Total Ordinary Shares                      4,479,620


Ownership as at 2 October 2003 percentage       3.18%



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