BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Notification of major interest in shares

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 British American Tobacco p.l.c.
are attached:


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                          x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                         The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
                                                         See Schedule A
(if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which
                                                         24 August 2015
the threshold is crossed or reached:
                                                         25 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                         (Received by issuer on 1 September 2015)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                         Above 4%
reached:

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of         Situation previous
shares                to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                      transaction
if possible using     Number        Number     Number        Number of voting
                                                                                      % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE         of            of         of shares     rights
                      Shares        Voting
                                               Direct        Direct     Indirect      Direct     Indirect
                                    Rights
Ordinary Shares
     (ISIN:         73,839,758 73,839,758                         75,240,878             4.0361%
GB0002875804)



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             Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting    % of voting
financial           price      date         Conversion     rights instrument   rights
instrument                                  period         refers to
                                                                               Nominal       Delta
N/A




Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

75,240,878                                           4.0361%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See Schedule A


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
                                                         N/A
cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
                                               N/A
hold voting rights:



13. Additional information:                    N/A


                                               Bridget Creegan
14. Contact name:
                                               Assistant Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:                  020 7845 1927




Schedule A


As of 24 August 2015

British American Tobacco p.l.c.
                                                          Number of      Percent of
                                                            Shares      Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CG”) holdings         75,240,878        4.036%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

Capital Guardian Trust Company                              2,402,107       0.129%

Capital International Limited                                168,300        0.009%

Capital International Sàrl                                   552,799        0.030%

Capital International, Inc.                                  186,850        0.010%

Capital Research and Management Company                   71,930,822        3.859%


2 September 2015

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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