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 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): x Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Group International, Inc (“CGII”) will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. Instead the relevant holdings under management by CRMC and CGII will be reported in aggregate by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”). It is solely for this reason (and not as a result of any additional acquisition or disposal) that CGC is reporting this aggregated holding. 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See Schedule A 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 3 September 2012 6. Date on which issuer notified: 4 September 2012 (Received by issuer on 5 September 2012) 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 3% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares the triggering transaction if possible using Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting % of voting rights the ISIN CODE Shares Voting rights Rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary shares (GB0002875804) 67,664,399 67,664,399 67,664,399 67,664,399 3.4818% 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 % of voting rights financial price date Conversion voting instrument period rights instrument refers to Nominal Delta N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 67,664,399 3.4818% 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 14. Contact name: Bridget Creegan Assistant Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7845 1927 Schedule A As of 3 September 2012 British American Tobacco p.l.c. Number of Percent of Shares Outstanding The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CG”) holdings 67,664,399 3.482% Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: Capital Guardian Trust Company 77,841 0.004% Capital International Limited 27,100 0.001% Capital International SArl 9,376 0.000% Capital International, Inc. 46,386 0.002% Capital Research and Management Company 67,503,696 3.474% 6 September 2012 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 06/09/2012 12:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.