TR1 Notification

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 Investments S.C.A.

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

Reinet Investments S.C.A. (indirect)

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

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited (direct)

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

25 April 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 April 2013

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

4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Ordinary shares of 25 pence each

ISIN

84,303,670

84,303,670

 76,518,264

76,518,264

3.97

3.97

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

 N/A

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

 N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

76,518,264

3.97

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

Reinet Jersey Holdings Limited, the direct holder of the ordinary shares issued by British American Tobacco p.l.c., is a wholly owned subsidiary of 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 owned 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:

The total number of voting rights in the issuer used to calculate the relevant percentages in this notification was 1,927,028,176 being the number disclosed by the issuer to the market on 2 April 2013.

14. Contact name:

G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7845 1925