7th Dec 2009 13:00
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
7 December 2009
British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 4 December 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:
BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
1 December 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
4 December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holding has gone above 5%
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 |
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if possible using the ISIN CODE |
Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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|
ORD GBP0.25 GB0002875804 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
130,797,458 |
N/A |
6.55% |
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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 |
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 |
|
|
CFD |
2,094,068 |
Nominal |
Delta |
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0.10% |
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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
132,891,526 6.65%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 132,891,526 (6.65%)
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:
BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team
14. Contact name:
Stuart Watchorn
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7743 5741; [email protected]
UNQUOTE
B M Creegan
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tel: 020 7845 1927
Related Shares:
British American Tobacco