TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 4706K

British American Tobacco PLC

19 December 2008

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

19 December 2008

 

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 18 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

                                                                          

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other:

 

3.      Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

 

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

 

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

 

5.   Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 17 December 2008

 

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

 

18 December 2008

 

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

 

Above 5% (Group)

Above 5% (LGIM)

 

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
ORD   GBP 0.25	Below 5%		100,058,639	91,114,797	8,943,842	4.564	0.448

 

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

 

 

 

Total (A+B)

 

Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights

 

100,058,639                                  5.01

 

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) (100,058,639 – 5.01% = Total Position)   Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (100,058,639 – 5.01% = Total Position)   Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (100,058,639 – 5.01% = Total Position)   Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (91,114,797 – 4.56 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (73,864,532 – 3.70 % = PMC)  Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (73,864,532 – 3.70 % = PMC)  Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & 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 1,996,069,540

 

Contact name:

 

14. Helen Lewis (LGIM)

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 3124 3851

 

UNQUOTE

 

 

Ann Griffiths

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

 

Tel: [phone]

 

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