TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 3067B

British American Tobacco PLC

23 October 2009

 



British American Tobacco p.l.c.

23 October 2009

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 23 October 2009:-

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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 (No)

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights (No)

Other (please specify): (No)

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. (indirect)

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)

5.    Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:  19 December 2008

6.    Date on which issuer notified:   23 October 2009

7.    Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%

8.    Notified details:

A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each  ISIN GB0002875804	0	0	84,303,670	0	84,303,670	0	4.22

B. Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
N/A

C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights        Percentage of voting rights

84,303,670                4.22

9.    Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited directly holds a 4.22% interest in the shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c.. 100% of the ordinary shares of Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited are held by 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 held by Reinet Investments S.C.A..

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:

This notification is a technical notification resulting from a change to the chain of undertakings controlling Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited, the holder of the direct interest in the shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c.  

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited's direct holding of, and Reinet Investments S.C.A.'s ultimate indirect holding of, the voting rights in shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. were previously notified and have not changed.  

This notification notifies the indirect holding held by Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. since 19 December 2008.

14.    Contact name: 

   Alan Grieve

15.    Contact telephone number:

   [phone]

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A.E. Griffiths

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Tel: [phone]

 

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