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 2 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 3 Date: 26/04/2013 01:05:00 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.