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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - TR-1: Notification of major holdings

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British American Tobacco p.l.c. - TR-1: Notification of major holdings

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")


British American Tobacco p.l.c.
TR-1: Notification of major holdings

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                              British American Tobacco p.l.c.
attachedii:
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                       X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name                                                         The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)        Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name                                                         N/A

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
                                                             3 January 2020
reachedvi:

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):               6 January 2020

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                                                   % of voting rights
                         % of voting rights                                                         Total number of
                                                   through financial         Total of both in %
                         attached to shares                                                         voting rights of
                                                      instruments               (8.A + 8.B)
                            (total of 8. A)                                                             issuervii
                                                (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which         12.0049%                      0.0000%                     12.0049%               2,293,875,148
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
                             11.0532%                      0.0000%                     11.0532%
notification (if
applicable)


8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of            Number of voting rightsix                            % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if                     Direct                  Indirect                     Direct                   Indirect
                            (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive          (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive
possible)                2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)         2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)    2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
                                                         (DTR5.2.1)
   Ordinary Shares
                                                        249,434,817                                            10.8739%
(ISIN:GB0002875804)
        ADRs
                                                        25,941,762                                              1.1309%
(ISIN:US1104481072)



SUBTOTAL 8. A                               275,376,579                                            12.0049%




B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                                                            Number of voting rights
Type of financial        Expiration        Exercise/                        that may be acquired if
                                                                                                         % of voting rights
instrument               datex             Conversion Periodxi              the instrument is
                                                                            exercised/converted.
N/A




                                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 1



B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of                                    Exercise/            Physical or
                     Expiration                                                       Number of
financial                                  Conversion           cash                                     % of voting rights
                     datex                                                            voting rights
instrument                                 Period xi            settlementxii
N/A
                                                             SUBTOTAL
                                                             8.B.2




9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does
                                                                                                           xiii
not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are
                                                                                      xiv
effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional       X
rows as necessary)
                                                                 % of voting rights
                               % of voting rights if it
                                                                 through financial            Total of both if it equals
                                equals or is higher
         Namexv                                               instruments if it equals         or is higher than the
                                than the notifiable
                                                                or is higher than the           notifiable threshold
                                     threshold
                                                                notifiable threshold
The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
                                       12.0049%                         0.0000%                        12.0049%
Holdings by CG
Management companies
are set out below:
• Capital Bank & Trust
           2
Company
• Capital International,
     1
Inc.
• Capital International
        1
Limited
• Capital International
     1
Sàrl
• Capital Research and                 11.7498%                 0.0000%                                11.7498%
                         2
Management Company
1
 Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.
2
 Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder                                      N/A

The number and % of voting rights held                        N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held           N/A
11. Additional informationxvi
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Management
Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (“CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment
management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds,
other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. CRMC and its investment
manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital
Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent
company of Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of four investment
management companies (“CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International
Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. CGII management companies and CB&T
primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based
investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally
chartered bank.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account. Rather, the shares
reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one
or more of the investment management companies described above.

Place of completion      Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date of completion       6 January 2020


Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:

O Martin
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.

7 January 2020

Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley/John Harney
+44 20 7845 1180/1519/1263

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Date: 07-01-2020 04:00:00
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