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BTI
BTI
BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Notification Of Major Interest In
Shares
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Incorporated in England and Wales
(Registration number: 03407696)
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 5 August
2009:-
QUOTE
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
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
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):
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: 3 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 August 2009
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 situation after the triggering
type of previous transaction
shares to the
triggering
transaction
if Number Number Number of Number of % of
possible of of shares voting rights voting
using Shares Voting rights
the Rights
ISIN
CODE
Direct Indirect Direct In-
direct
ORD
Below 5% 100,424,075 90,480, 9,943,675 4.532 0.498
GBP 0.25 400
B. Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of
financial date Conversion rights that may be voting
instrument Period acquired if the rights
instrument is
exercised/converted
C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of
financial price date Conversion voting voting
instrument Period rights rights
instrument
refers to
Nominal De
lt
a
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
100,424,075 5.03
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) (100,424,075 - 5.03%
= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management
(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect) (100,424,075 - 5.03% =
Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management
Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (100,424,075
- 5.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (90,480,400 - 4.53% = LGAS, LGPL &
PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
(74,628,919 - 3.73% = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society
Management) Limited (PMC) (74,628,919 Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
- 3.73% = 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 1,996,358,939
14. Contact name:
Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:
020 3124 3851
UNQUOTE
6 August 2009
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Date: 06/08/2009 16:10:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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