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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1%
OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
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1.        KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
Citadel Group
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions       Â
    disclosed, if different from 1(a):
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
    insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and
    beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
    securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
LONMIN PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
    offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
    offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest
practicable date prior to the disclosure
22 February, 2018
(f)Â In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the
    discloser making disclosures in respect of any other
    party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
SIBANYE GOLD LTD
2.        POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
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(a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
Common Stock ISIN GB00BYSRJ698
Interests
Short Positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
0
0.00
12,433
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,520
0.00
560,090
0.20
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
   TOTAL:
1,520
0.00
572,523
0.20
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
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Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
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(b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3.        DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
ISINÂ GB00BYSRJ698
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Common Stock
Purchase
686
0.6595Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
988
0.6655Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,881
0.6685Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
9,097
0.669Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
4,524
0.6695Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
5,300
0.6715Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
6,769
0.674Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,873
0.6745Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
7,034
0.675Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
209
0.6765Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
102
0.68Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
11,199
0.6805Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
53,837
0.681Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
6,241
0.6815Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
4,282
0.682Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
771
0.6825Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
8,203
0.683Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
166
0.6835Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
15,003
0.684Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,931
0.6845Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
9,849
0.6865Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
13,845
0.687Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
166
0.6885Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
1,972
0.6895Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
7,359
0.69Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,778
0.692Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
740
0.6925Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
9,667
0.695Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
17,187
0.6955Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
4,302
0.6975Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
4,894
0.6985Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
1,787
0.699Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
9,576
0.6995Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
4,531
0.705Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
5,462
0.7055Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,606
0.706Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
1,899
0.707Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
8,914
0.7085Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
3,211
0.71Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,400
0.7105Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
966
0.7115 Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
6,593
0.7165Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
2,500
0.7265Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
1,000
0.7375Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
1,312
0.7485Â GBP
Common Stock
Purchase
3,745
0.7505Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,000
0.662Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-37
0.6635Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,468
0.669Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,099
0.6695Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-802
0.67Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-17,951
0.6705Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-674
0.673Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-10,000
0.6735Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,100
0.6755Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-5,350
0.676Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,329
0.6775Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-4,821
0.6785Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-239,889
0.68Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-970
0.68025Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-10,389
0.6805Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-4,995
0.6815Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-6,086
0.682Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-17,783
0.6825Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-3,512
0.683Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-3,082
0.6835Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-121
0.684Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-13,606
0.685Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-7,246
0.6855Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,029
0.686Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,123
0.6865Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-4,808
0.687Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,348
0.6875Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,000
0.688Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,367
0.689Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-13,225
0.69Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-285
0.695Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,581
0.697Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-160
0.7025Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,874
0.703Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-3,500
0.7035Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-611
0.705Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-5,049
0.7055Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-20,060
0.707Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,135
0.7075Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-38,829
0.71Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-1,993
0.712Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-2,500
0.7145Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-3,795
0.715Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-5,000
0.7155Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-5,140
0.7175Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-146
0.718Â GBP
Common Stock
Sale
-243
0.723Â GBP
(b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
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ISINÂ GB00BYSRJ698
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Common Stock
CFD
Increasing long position
1,396
11.148309Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Increasing long position
2,016
11.271084Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Increasing long position
4,050
11.596296Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-2,622
11.520815Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-2,016
11.520815Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-1,304
11.946534Â ZAR
Common Stock
CFD
Reducing short position
1,250
11.271084Â ZAR
(c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
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(i)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
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Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
(ii)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
4.        OTHER INFORMATION
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(a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)Â the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
 Date of disclosure:
23 February, 2018
 Contact name:
Alasdair Putt
 Telephone number:
020 7645 9700
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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