29th Oct 2008 10:30
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
29 October 2008
British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 28 October 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 (L&G)
4 Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5 Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 27 October 2008
6 Date on which issuer notified:
28 October 2008
7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
From 3% - 4% (L&G)
8 Notified details:
A. Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares |
Situation previous to the Triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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ORD GBP 0.25 |
62,056,472 |
62,056,472 |
80,585,272 |
80,585,272 |
4.03 |
B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/Conversion Period/Date |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
% of voting rights |
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
80,585,272 4.03
9 Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) |
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) |
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Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) |
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (80,585,272 - 4.03% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) |
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (63,124,068 - 3.15 % = PMC) |
Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
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Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (63,124,068 - 3.15 % = PMC) |
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) |
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Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) |
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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 1,998,487,084
Contact name:
14 Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15 Contact telephone number:
020 3124 3851
UNQUOTE
Geoffrey Cunnington
Deputy Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7845 1925
Related Shares:
British American TobaccoLegal & General