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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 1
September 2009:-
QUOTE
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:
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
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
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:
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: 28 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified: 1 September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Below 5% (Group)
Below 5% (LGIM)
8. Notified details:
A. Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares the triggering transaction
transaction
if Number of Number of Number Number of % of voting
possible Shares Voting of voting rights rights
using the Rights shares
ISIN CODE
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD
100,424,075 100,424,075 Below 5%
GBP 0.25
B. Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of
financial date Period rights that may be voting
instrument 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/C Number of % of voting
financial price date onversion voting rights rights
instrument Period instrument
refers to
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
Below 5%
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) (Below 5% = Total
Position)
Legal & General Investment Management
(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect P) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management
Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% =
Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (89,640,900 - 4.49 % =
LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Legal & General Insurance
Management (Holdings) Limited Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (74,154,345 - (LGIH)
3.71 % = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Legal & General Assurance
(Pensions Management) Limited Society Limited (LGAS &
(PMC) (74,154,345 - 3.71 % = LGPL)
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
2 September 2009
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Date: 02/09/2009 12:15:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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