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TR1: Notification Of Major Interest In Shares
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Incorporated in England and Wales
(Registration number: 03407696)
Short name: BATS
Share code: BTI
ISIN number: GB0002875804
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: British American Tobacco p.l.c.
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the No
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying No
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
Other (please specify): No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation: Reinet Investments S.C.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Reinet Investments S.C.A. (indirect)
Reinet Fund S.C.A. F.I.S. (indirect)
Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached: 25 April 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified: 26 April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary shares
of 25 pence
each
ISIN 84,303,670 84,303,670 76,518,264 76,518,264 3.97 3.97
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
Nominal Delta
N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
76,518,264 3.97
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited, the direct holder of the ordinary shares issued by British American
Tobacco p.l.c., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S., and in turn 100% of the
ordinary shares of Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. are owned by Reinet Investments S.C.A.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A
13. Additional information: The total number of voting rights in the
issuer used to calculate the relevant
percentages in this notification was
1,927,028,176 being the number disclosed
by the issuer to the market on 2 April 2013.
14. Contact name: G C W Cunnington
Deputy Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7845 1925
26 April 2013
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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