TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 6895D

British American Tobacco PLC

07 December 2009

 



British American Tobacco p.l.c.

7 December 2009

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 4 December 2009:-

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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 Tobacco 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:

BlackRock, Inc.

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:  

1 December 2009

6.    Date on which issuer notified:   

 4 December 2009

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

Holding has gone above 5%

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
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD  GBP0.25 GB0002875804	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	130,797,458	N/A		6.55%

B. Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
CFD				2,094,068	Nominal	Delta
					0.10%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights        Percentage of voting rights

132,891,526                         6.65%

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

On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 132,891,526 (6.65%)

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:

   BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team

14.    Contact name: 

   Stuart Watchorn

15.    Contact telephone number:

   020 7743 5741; [e-mail]

UNQUOTE

B M Creegan

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Tel: [phone]

 

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