12th Oct 2005 10:00
SABMiller PLC12 October 2005 FORM SAR 3 DISCLOSURE OF ACQUISITIONS (Rule 3 of The Rules Governing Substantial Acquisitions of Shares) Name of acquirer Altria Group, Inc Beneficial owner, if different Altria Group, Incfrom above Names of any other persons acting N/Aby agreement or understanding (seeSAR 5) Company dealt in SABMiller plc Class of voting shares (eg Ordinary sharesordinary shares) Date of acquisition 12 October 2005 Number of shares acquired 167,411,024 shares (as a result of the conversion of that number of low voting convertible participating shares into ordinary shares in accordance with the Articles of Association of SABMiller plc) Number of rights over shares N/Aacquired # Nature of rights over shares N/A Total holding of voting shares (and 430,000,000 ordinary shares (28.7%)percentage of total voting sharesin issue) Total holding of rights over shares N/A(and percentage of total votingshares in issue) Combined total holding (and 430,000,000 ordinary shares (28.7%)percentage) of voting shares andrights over shares Date of disclosure 12 October 2005 Contact name G. Penn Holsenbeck Telephone number + 1 917 663 2256 # See the definition of "rights over shares" in the Definitions Section of theSARs. For details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see SARs 3 and 5 and theirNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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