Rule 8.3 - LONMIN
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in LONMIN
Class of relevant security ORD USD1
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 02 September 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 6,321,646 4.04% 768,357 0.49%
securities
(2) Derivatives 651,000 0.42% 235,039 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,972,646 4.46% 1,003,396 0.64%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
Purchase 6,427 34.5385
Purchase 158 34.3200
Purchase 22,578 34.4153
Purchase 6,666 34.5071
Purchase 6,030 34.4032
Purchase 9,075 34.3930
Purchase 1,174 34.3945
Purchase 3,428 34.5000
Purchase 731 34.3251
Purchase 1,909 34.3723
Purchase 2,300 34.4004
Sale 6,642 34.3208
Sale 3,419 34.3631
Sale 12,118 34.5369
Sale 6,708 34.4077
Sale 3,900 34.3205
Sale 3,502 34.3000
Sale 7,111 34.5547
Sale 14,792 34.4808
Sale 100 34.4548
Sale 3,832 34.3200
Sale 22,366 34.4095
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3900 34.3205
CFD Long 6642 34.3207
CFD Long 830 34.3269
CFD Long 1768 34.375
CFD Long 22366 34.4095
CFD Long 100 34.4548
CFD Short 731 34.3251
CFD Short 1909 34.3722
CFD Short 9075 34.393
CFD Short 1174 34.3944
CFD Short 6030 34.4032
CFD Short 22578 34.4153
CFD Short 3428 34.5
CFD Short 6666 34.5071
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 03 September 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk