Director/PDMR Shareholding

30 September 2010

Notification of Transactions of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

Pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R, Lonmin Plc (the "Company") confirms that a nil cost award was made under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (an "LTIP Award") on 29 September 2010 to Simon Scott, who joined the Board as an executive director on 27 September 2010.

The LTIP Award is over 20,434 shares and is wholly subject to the satisfaction of a performance condition, which comprises the following:

1) one half of the LTIP Award is subject to the Company's Total Shareholder Return over a three year period relative to the median of a group comprising the Company's five direct peers producing Platinum Group Metals; and

2) the other half is subject to the measurement of sustained and broad-based operational performance over three years. The operational targets will support the delivery of the company's medium term targets, as disclosed in the Company's Annual Report. The methodology of the new performance condition will be explained fully in the remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2010, expected to be published in early December.

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