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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 18
December 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other:
3 Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different): 17 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:
18 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5% (Group)
Above 5% (LGIM)
8. Notified details:
A. Voting rights attached to shares
Class/ Situation Resulting
type previous to situation
of the after the
shares Triggering triggering
transaction transaction
Number of Number Number of Number of % of
Shares of shares voting voting
Voting rights rights
Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD Below 5% 100,058,639 91,114,797 8,943,842 4.564 0.448
GBP
0.25
B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise Number of voting % of voting
instrument date /Convers rights that may be rights
ion acquired if the
Period/D instrument is
ate exercised/converted
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
100,058,639 5.01
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc
(Direct and Indirect)
(Group) (100,058,639 - 5.01%
= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment
Management (Holdings)
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect) (100,058,639 -
5.01% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment
Management Limited
(Indirect) (LGIM)
(100,058,639 - 5.01% = Total
Position)
Legal & General Group Plc
(Direct) (L&G) (91,114,797 -
4.56 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Legal & General Insurance Holdings
Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)
(73,864,532 - 3.70 % = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Legal & General Assurance Society
(Pensions Management) Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
Limited (PMC) (73,864,532 -
3.70 % = PMC)
Legal & General Pensions Limited
(Direct) (LGPL)
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:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,996,069,540
Contact name:
14. Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:
020 3124 3851
UNQUOTE
19 December 2008
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Date: 19/12/2008 14:00:20 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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