TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 2073K

British American Tobacco PLC

16 December 2008

 



British American Tobacco p.l.c.

16 December 2008

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 16 December 2008:-

QUOTE

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests 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 state Yes/No)

      An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (Yes)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached (No)

      An event changing the breakdown of voting rights (No)

Other: (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 Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)

5.   Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):  15 
      December 2008

6.   Date on which issuer notified:  16 December 2008

7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%

8.   Notified details:

A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN:   GB0002875804	60,433,663	60,433,663	84,303,670		84,303,670		4.22

B. Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period/Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights        % of voting rights

84,303,670                            4.22%

9.    Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reinet Investments S.C.A. and is the direct holder of 84,303,670 ordinary shares issued by British American Tobacco p.l.c.

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 1,996,638,524, being the number disclosed by the issuer to the market on 2 December 2008.

Contact name: 

14.  Alan Grieve

15.  Contact telephone number:

[phone]

UNQUOTE

Ann Griffiths

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Tel: [phone]

 

END

 

 

HOLBGBDDUSBGGIL