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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 X
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
4 August 2020
reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 6 August 2020
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights
% of voting rights through financial Total number of
Total of both in %
attached to shares instruments voting rights of
(8.A + 8.B)
(total of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B issuervii
2)
Resulting situation
on the date on
10.7125% 0.0197% 10.7322% 2,294,230,293
which threshold
was crossed or
1
reached
Position of previ-
ous notification (if 11.9240% 0.0539% 11.9779%
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
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ISIN code (if possi-
ble) (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di-
2004/109/EC) rective 2004/109/EC) rective
(DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares
(ISIN:GB000287580 218,100,514 9.5065%
4)
ADRs
(ISIN:US110448107 27,669,276 1.2060%
2)
SUBTOTAL 8. A 245,769,790 10.7125%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Number of voting
Expira- rights that may be
Type of financial Exercise/ % of voting
tion acquired if the instru-
instrument Conversion Periodxi rights
datex ment 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))
Exercise/ Physical or
Type of finan- Expiration Number of % of voting
x Conversion cash
cial instrument date voting rights rights
Period xi settlementxii
Rights to recall N/A N/A Physical set- 452,906 0.0197%
lent shares of tlement Depository
Depository Receipt
Receipt shares or
452,906
votes on a
converted
basis
2
SUBTOTAL
452,906 0.0197%
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 not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (under-
lying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal X
entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
% of voting rights
% of voting rights if it Total of both if it
through financial in-
xv equals or is higher equals or is higher
Name struments if it equals
than the notifiable than the notifiable
or is higher than the
threshold threshold
notifiable threshold
The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Holdings by CG Man- 10.7125% 0.0000% 10.7322%
agement companies are
set out below:
• Capital Bank & Trust
Company2
• Capital International,
Inc.1
• Capital International
Limited1
• Capital International
Sàrl1
• Capital Research and
10.4429% 0.0000% 10.4626%
Management Company2
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
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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 par-
ent company of Capital Group International, Inc. (”CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of four in-
vestment management companies (”CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital
International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. CGII management compa-
nies 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 the Issuer for its own account. Rather, the shares re-
ported 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 5 August 2020
Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:
R Wilson
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
6 August 2020
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney
+44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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Date: 06-08-2020 03:00:00
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