Director/PDMR Shareholding

25June 2012

LONRHO PLC

("Lonrho" or the "Company")

DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

Lonrho announces that it was today informed by Emma Priestley, an Executive Director of the Company, that, further to her exercise of 1,250,000 options at 6.5 pence per ordinary share on 21 June 2012 pursuant to the Lonrho Plc Unapproved Company Share Option Plan (the "Share Option Plan"), Ms Priestley sold 1,250,000 ordinary shares at a price of 8.1029 pence per share on 22 June 2012.

In addition, the Company has also been informed today by Jean Ellis, a Non - Executive Director of the Company, that, further to her exercise of 850,000 options at 6.5 pence per ordinary share on 21 June 2012 pursuant to the Share Option Plan, Mrs Ellis sold 750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 8.1029 pence per share on 22 June 2012.

The resulting shareholdings of the above-mentioned Directors are as follows:

The total number of shares in issue following the exercise of these and other options over a total of 3,300,000 ordinary shares is 1,572,288,244 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each, with voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in the Treasury.

The above figure of 1,572,288,244 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.