TR1 Notification

RNS Number : 3436D

British American Tobacco PLC

26 April 2013

 



British American Tobacco p.l.c.

26 April 2013

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		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		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 Fund S.C.A. F.I.S. (indirect) Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	25 April 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%

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
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN	84,303,670		84,303,670	76,518,264	76,518,264	3.97	3.97

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
76,518,264	3.97

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

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited, the direct holder of the ordinary shares issued by British American Tobacco p.l.c., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S., and in turn 100% of the ordinary shares of Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. are owned by Reinet Investments S.C.A.

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 1,927,028,176 being the number disclosed by the issuer to the market on 2 April 2013.
14. Contact name:	G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7845 1925

 

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