Shareholder Information.

Lonmin’s shares are quoted on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges and ADRs representing Lonmin shares are also traded in an OTC market in the USA.

UK share register information

All holdings of the Company’s shares are maintained on the Company’s UK share register, with the exception of those held on the South African branch register. The register is administered by Equiniti Registrars (formerly known as Lloyds TSB Registrars).

You can access information about your shareholding including balance movements and dividend payments on Shareview, an electronic communications service provided by Equiniti. It also allows you to change your registered address details, set up a dividend mandate, vote at general meetings and register to receive Company communications electronically.

To register for this free service, visit www.shareview.co.uk and follow the simple instructions. You will need your shareholder reference number, which can be found on your share certificate, dividend tax voucher or proxy card.

South African branch register information

The South African branch register is administered by Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

Contact details for both the UK and South African registrars can be found in Corporate Information.

Dividends

The Company declares dividends in US Dollars. Subject to shareholder approval, the final dividend of 15 US cents per share for the year ended 30 September 2011 will be paid on 3 February 2012 to shareholders on the registers at the close of business on 13 January 2012. The dividend will be paid in Sterling to UK shareholders (unless they elect to receive their dividend in US Dollars) and in Rand to shareholders on the SA branch register. The Sterling equivalent of the dividend will be announced after the Company has finalised the conversion rate. The Rand equivalent of the dividend will be based on the mid market US Dollar to Rand exchange rate at noon on 29 December 2011. The dividend will be paid in US Dollars to all other overseas shareholders (unless they elect to receive Sterling dividends or have mandated their dividend payments to a UK bank or participate in TAPS). Elections to receive an alternative currency (US Dollars or Sterling) should comprise a signed request to Equiniti at the address shown in Corporate Information to be received by 5 p.m. on 13 January 2012. No transfers will be permitted between the UK principal register and the SA branch register from the date on which the Rand dividend is announced until the record date, both dates inclusive (i.e., the last date on which transfers between registers will be permitted is 6 January 2012).

Dividend payment to your bank account

The Company can pay UK registered shareholders’ dividends direct to their bank or building society account. This means that dividends will normally be in shareholders’ accounts on the same day as the payment is made and tax vouchers will be posted the shareholders’ registered addresses. Shareholders wishing to adopt this method of payment should log on to www.shareview.co.uk or contact the registrars. Contact details can be found in Corporate Information.

Transcontinental Automated Payment System (TAPS)

TAPS permits shareholders resident in certain countries to receive dividend payments to their local bank and in their local currency. All eligible shareholders have been or will be sent information on TAPS by Equiniti.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) is available through which eligible shareholders may invest the whole of their cash dividends in additional Lonmin Plc shares. Eligible shareholders on the registers on the record date for the recommended final dividend, 13 January 2012, may participate in the plan in respect of that dividend, provided their application forms are received by 13 January 2012 in the case of shareholders on the UK register and by 20 January 2012 for shareholders on the South African branch register. Copies of the DRIP brochure and application form have been sent to eligible shareholders on the registers up to 1 December 2010 and are being sent to those entered on the registers between this date and 29 November 2011. Further copies are available from the registrars or can be downloaded from the registrars’ website.

  UK SA
USD/Rand exchange rate   29 December 2011
Last day to trade cum div 10 January 2012 6 January 2012
Last day to trade on the JSE   6 January 2012
Ex div date 11 January 2012 9 January 2012
Record date 13 January 2012 13 January 2012
USD/sterling exchange rate To be advised  
Deadline for receipt of DRIP applications 13 January 2012 20 January 2012
Dividend payment date 3 February 2012 3 February 2012

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

The Company has a sponsored Level 1 ADR programme for which The Bank of New York Mellon acts as the depository. Each ADR represents one ordinary share of the Company. The ADRs trade in the OTC market under the symbol LOMNY. When dividends are paid to shareholders, the depository makes the equivalent payment in US Dollars to ADR holders.

Contact details can be found in Corporate Information.

Further information for UK-domiciled shareholders Capital Gains Tax

For Capital Gains Tax purposes, shareholders disposing of shares in either Lonmin Plc or Lonrho Africa Plc after 7 May 1998, who held shares prior to that date, should apportion the base cost of their original Lonmin Plc shares between the two companies. Based on the closing share prices on 7 May 1998 of Lonmin Plc and Lonrho Africa Plc, this apportionment would be 80.498% for Lonmin Plc and 19.502% for Lonrho Africa Plc.

The Company’s capital reduction was completed on 22 February 2002. For the purposes of assessing any liability to capital gains tax, UK shareholders should apportion 13.33% of the base cost of their original shareholding to the capital reduction and the balance to their new holding of ordinary shares of $1 each.

The market price of Lonmin Plc ordinary shares at 31 March 1982 was 38.9 pence (as adjusted for subsequent capitalisation issues), 155.6 pence as adjusted for the consolidation of the Company’s shares on 24 April 1998, 125.3 pence as adjusted for the de-merger of Lonrho Africa Plc on 7 May 1998 and 266.1 pence as adjusted for shareholders who took up their full entitlement of ordinary shares in the Rights Issue in June 2009. Shareholders who did not take up their full entitlement in the Rights Issue but who instead sold some or all of their rights may be required to adjust their base cost in their Lonmin Plc ordinary shares and should seek independent tax advice as to their liability for capital gains tax in the event they sell their Lonmin Plc ordinary shares.

Lonmin Corporate Individual Savings Account (ISAs)

Investec Wealth & Investment Limited offers the Lonmin Corporate Stocks & Shares ISA for investment in Lonmin Plc shares.

UK registered shareholders may subscribe to the Lonmin Corporate ISA up to a maximum of £10,680 for the current tax year 2011/12 and up to a maximum of £11,280 during the forthcoming tax year 2012/13 in cash to purchase Lonmin Plc shares or by direct transfer of eligible employee shares within 90 days of the release from an eligible Sharesave Scheme up to a maximum value of £10,680 for the current tax year 2011/12 and up to a maximum of £11,280 during the forthcoming tax year 2012/13.

Contact details can be found in Corporate Information. Investec Wealth & Investment Limited is regulated by the FSA. This is not a recommendation that shareholders should subscribe to the ISA. The advantages of holding shares in an ISA vary according to individual circumstances and shareholders who are in any doubt should consult their financial adviser.

ShareGift

Lonmin is proud to support ShareGift, an independent charity share donation scheme administered by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation (registered charity number 1052686). Those shareholders who hold only a small number of shares, the value of which make them uneconomic to sell, can donate the shares to ShareGift who will sell them and donate the proceeds to a wide range of charities. Further information about ShareGift can be obtained from their website at www.ShareGift.org and a ShareGift transfer form can be downloaded from the Company’s website.

Warning to shareholders

A survey by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reported that an increasing number of shareholders of UK listed companies are being targeted by individuals purporting to be legitimate brokers or financial advisors.

Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free reports on the Company.

If you receive any unsolicited investment advice:

  • Make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation and make a record of any other information they give you, e.g. telephone number, address, etc.
  • Check that they are properly authorised by the FSA before getting involved. You can check at www.fsa.gov.uk/register.

  • The FSA also maintains on its website a list of unauthorised overseas firms who are targeting, or have targeted, UK investors and any approach from such organisations should be reported to the FSA so that this list can be kept up to date and any other appropriate action can be considered.

    If you deal with any unauthorised firm, you would not be eligible to receive payment under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The FSA can, preferably, be contacted by completing an on-line form at www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/doing/regulated/law/alerts/overseas.shtml or, if you do not have access to the internet, on 0845 606 1234.

  • Inform the registrars on the relevant telephone numbers listed in Corporate Information. They are not able to investigate such incidents themselves but will record the details and pass them on to the FSA.
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