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 12 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 6,233,534 3.99% 831,180 0.53%
securities
(2) Derivatives 649,384 0.42% 290,404 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,882,918 4.40% 1,121,584 0.72%
(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
Purchase 8,252 29.8091
Purchase 19,900 30.1488
Purchase 1,706 30.0564
Purchase 1,000 29.8145
Purchase 6,927 29.9787
Purchase 25,951 29.9680
Purchase 1,263 29.9498
Purchase 1,461 30.0544
Purchase 816 29.2900
Purchase 1,315 30.4000
Purchase 34,129 29.9480
Purchase 179 30.4000
Purchase 20,725 30.1650
Purchase 946 30.4000
Sale 7,956 30.3940
Sale 2,421 29.9316
Sale 13,335 29.9600
Sale 204 29.4755
Sale 33,861 29.9532
Sale 6,631 29.9437
Sale 350 30.1255
Sale 1,600 29.6763
Sale 4,876 29.9381
Sale 1,736 30.0202
Sale 200 29.7756
Sale 12,116 29.8485
Sale 100 30.1855
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 204 29.4754
CFD Long 1600 29.6763
CFD Long 200 29.7755
CFD Long 12116 29.8485
CFD Long 2421 29.9315
CFD Long 4450 29.9327
CFD Long 4876 29.938
CFD Long 33861 29.9531
CFD Long 13335 29.96
CFD Long 2181 29.966
CFD Long 350 30.1254
CFD Long 100 30.1855
CFD Short 8252 29.809
CFD Short 1000 29.8144
CFD Short 2194 29.9141
CFD Short 34129 29.9479
CFD Short 1263 29.9498
CFD Short 25951 29.968
CFD Short 4733 30.0085
CFD Short 1461 30.0543
CFD Short 1706 30.0563
CFD Short 19900 30.1487
CFD Short 20725 30.1649
(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 15 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