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British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Incorporated in England and Wales
(Registration number: 03407696)
Short name: BATS
Share code: BTI
ISIN number: GB0002875804
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
TR-1: Notification of major holdings
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are at- British American Tobacco p.l.c.
tachedii:
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable) Los Angeles, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3)v
Name N/A
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
13 July 2022
reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 14 July 2022
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights
% of voting rights through financial in- Total number of
Total of both in %
attached to shares struments voting rights of
(8.A + 8.B)
(total of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B issuervii
2)
Resulting situation 13.03% 0.00% 13.03% 2,255,821,926
on the date on
which threshold
was crossed or
reached
Position of previ- 12.96% 0.00% 12.96%
ous notification (if
applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rightsix % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possi- Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ble) (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di-
2004/109/EC) rective 2004/109/EC) rective
(DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1)
GB0002875804 Com- 275,836,495 12.23%
mon Stock
US1104481072 Deposi- 18,063,079 0.80%
tory Receipt
293,899,574 13.03%
SUBTOTAL 8. A
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Number of voting
Expira- rights that may be ac-
Type of financial Exercise/ % of voting
tion quired if the instru-
instrument Conversion Periodxi rights
datex ment is
exercised/converted.
N/A
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Exercise/ Physical or
Type of finan- Expiration Number of % of voting
Conversion cash
cial instrument datex xi xii voting rights rights
Period settlement
N/A
SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity
and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (under-
lying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal X
entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
% of voting rights
% of voting rights if it Total of both if it
through financial in-
xv equals or is higher equals or is higher
Name struments if it equals
than the notifiable than the notifiable
or is higher than the
threshold threshold
notifiable threshold
Capital Research and Manage- 12.76% 12.76%
ment Company
Capital International, Inc.
Capital Group Private Client
Services, Inc.
Capital International Sarl
Total 13.03% 13.03%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder N/A
The number and % of voting rights held N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held N/A
11. Additional informationxvi
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (”CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Man-
agement Company (”CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (”CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.-
based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American
Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institu-
tional clients. CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various in-
vestment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Interna-
tional Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group Inter-
national, Inc. (”CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of six investment management compa-
nies (”CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited,
Capital International Sàrl, Capital International K.K., Capital Group Private Client Services Inc,
and Capital Group Investment Management Private Limited. CGII management companies and
CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is
a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an
affiliated federally chartered bank.
Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of the Issuer for its own account. Rather, the
shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment
management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.
Place of completion Los Angeles
Date of completion 14 July 2022
Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:
C Dhokia
Deputy Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
15 July 2022
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney
+44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities
