Transitional Provision 7: TR1

British American Tobacco PLC
22 March 2007


British American Tobacco p.l.c.
22 March 2007


British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 19 March
2007:-


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 (No)



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached (No)



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights (No)



Other (please specify): Transitional Provision 7 to the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules (the DTRs) requires a person to notify the issuer by 20 March
2007 if he holds a notifiable percentage of voting rights and has not notified
that holding under the DTRs before that date. (Yes)



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



Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.



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



Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A. (indirect)

Richemont S.A. (indirect)

R&R Holdings S.A. (direct)



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



N/A (notification made under Transitional Provision 7 to the DTRs and not as a
result of a triggering transaction).



6.      Date on which issuer notified:



19 March 2007



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



29 per cent



8.      Notified details:



A. Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of   Situation                       Resulting
shares          previous to the                 situation after
                Triggering                      the triggering
                transaction                     transaction
                Number of       Number of       Number of       Number of                      % of voting
                Shares          Voting Rights   shares          voting rights                  rights
                                                Direct          Direct          Indirect       Direct         Indirect
Ordinary shares 604,336,627     604,336,627     604,336,627                     604,336,627                   29.3%
of 25 pence
each







ISIN:  GB0002875804



B. Financial Instruments



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


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





Total (A+B)



Number of voting rights              % of voting rights



604,336,627                                29.3 per cent.



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



R&R Holdings S.A. is a direct shareholder of the issuer (holding 604,336,627
ordinary shares of 25 pence each).  Richemont S.A. is the parent undertaking of
R&R Holdings S.A. for the purposes of the DTRs.  Compagnie Financiere Richemont
S.A. is Richemont S.A.'s own parent undertaking for those purposes.



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 2,062,435,425, being the number disclosed
by the issuer to the market on 1 March 2007.



This notification is made under Transitional Provision 7 of the DTRs.



14. Contact name:



Alan Grieve / Judith Sanders



15. Contact telephone number:



[phone] / [phone]



UNQUOTE



Geoffrey Cunnington

Deputy Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.



Tel:  [phone]




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