RNS Announcement
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:
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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
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:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
NumberofShares
NumberofVotingRights
Numberof shares
Number of votingrights
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each
ISIN
84,303,670
76,518,264
3.97
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/ConversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial 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:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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
TR1 Notification
12:27:20
26 Apr 2013
Holding(s) in company
3436D
