TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 5320L

British American Tobacco PLC

13 January 2009

 



British American Tobacco p.l.c.

13 January 2009

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 12 January 2009:-

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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):  08 January 2009

6.    Date on which issuer notified:

12 January 2009

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

Below 5% (Group)

Below 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	90,575,959	90,575,959	Below 5%

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

  Below 5%

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) (Below 5%)  Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5%) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5%) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (89,894,259 - 4.50 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (72,680,594 - 3.64 % = PMC)   Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)  Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (72,680,594 - 3.64 % = 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 1,996,071,097

Contact name: 

14.    Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15.    Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3851

UNQUOTE

A E Griffiths

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Tel: [phone]

 

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