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 Tabacco 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 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 notification obligation: Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): N/A 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 15 July 2013 6. Date on which issuer notified: 16 July 2013 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: L&G (Below 3%) 1 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Situation previous Class/type of to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares transaction if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting rights % of voting rights the ISIN CODE of shares of voting of shares rights rights rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary shares of 25p each 79,243,066 Below 3% (As on 05/10/2010) 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 instrument price date Conversion rights instrument rights period refers to Nominal Delta N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights Below 3% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & Limited (PMC) LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) 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: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,909,640,124 14. Contact name: Bridget Creegan Assistant Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7845 1927 17 July 2013 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd 3 Date: 17/07/2013 03:00:00 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.