Not logged in
  Home   Markets   Shares   Funds   Portfolio   Toolbox   Charting   Alerts   Directory   
 Admin   

Tue 4 Nov 2008, 17:45 BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Notification Of Major Interests In
BTI
BTI                                                                             
BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Notification Of Major Interests In      
Shares                                                                          
British American Tobacco p.l.c.                                                 
Incorporated in England and Wales                                               
(Registration number: 3407696)                                                  
Short name: BATS                                                                
Share code: BTI                                                                 
ISIN number: GB0002875804                                                       
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")                            
British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 4        
November 2008:-                                                                 
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 (Yes)                           
    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: (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 Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)                                     
5.   Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or     
    reached if different):  3 November 2008                                     
6.   Date on which issuer notified:                                             
4 November 2008                                                                 
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                               
    3%                                                                          
8.   Notified details:                                                          
A. Voting rights attached to shares                                             
Class/type   Situation               Resulting                                  
of shares    previous to             situation                                  
            the                     after the                                   
Triggering              triggering                                  
            transaction             transaction                                 
            Number of    Number of  Number of                                   
            Shares       Voting     shares                                      
Rights                                                 
                                                                                
Ordinary     39,003,663   39,003,663 60,433,663                                 
shares of 25                                                                    
pence each                                                                      
ISIN:                                                                           
GB0002875804                                                                    
Table continues:...                                                             

Number of               % of                                                    
voting                  voting                                                  
rights                  rights                                                  
Direct      Indirect    Direct      Indirect                                    
           60,433,663              3.02%                                        
B. Financial Instruments                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            
Type of financial  Expiration    Exercise/Conv  Number of voting    % of        
instrument         date          ersion         rights that may be  voting      
                                Period/Date    acquired if the     rights       
                                               instrument is                    
exercised/converted              
N/A                                                                             
Total (A+B)                                                                     
Number of voting rights       % of voting rights                                
60,433,663                    3.02%                                             
9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                  
    Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reinet       
Investment S.C.A. and is the direct holder of 60, 433, 633 ordinary shares  
    issued by British American Tobacco p.l.c.                                   
    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 1,998,487,084, being the      
number disclosed by the issuer to the market on 3 November 2008.            
Contact name:                                                                   
14.  Alan Grieve                                                                
15.  Contact telephone number:                                                  
+41227213502                                                                    
UNQUOTE                                                                         
4 November 2008                                                                 
Sponsor:  UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd                                            
Date: 04/11/2008 17:45:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the    
JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or            
implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or   
completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers,     
employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,     
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature,     
howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,          
information disseminated through SENS.                                          
Profile Group (Pty) Ltd. has taken care in preparing all information on this website, but does not accept any liability for errors or out-of-date information.
Other Profile Group sites: FundsData Online (unit trust data)  |  Profile Group corporate site
[  Terms of Use |  Privacy Policy |  PAIA manual |  FAQs/Help |  Site Map |  © Copyright Reserved 2026  ]
  


Powered by ProfileData

Profile Mobile App Google Play Store Apple App Store


Follow us on: