TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 1385R

British American Tobacco PLC

04 March 2016

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		x
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:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	2 March 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3 March 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 5% - aggregate of voting rights from shares

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	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
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0002875804)	92,422,985	92,422,985			94,036,893		5.0443%
ADRs (ISIN: US1104481072)	127,524	255,048			284,218		0.0152%

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
N/A

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
N/A					Nominal	Delta

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

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	94,321,111	5.0595%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
• Capital Guardian Trust Company
• Capital International, Inc.
• Capital International Limited
• Capital International Sàrl
• Capital Research and Management Company

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