British American Tobacco PLC TR-1: Notification of major holdings (4116P)
18 Oktober 2021 - 3:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBATS
RNS Number : 4116P
British American Tobacco PLC
18 October 2021
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
TR-1: N otification of major holdings
1a. Identity of the issuer or the British American Tobacco p.l.c.
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached
(ii) :
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with
an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes
with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments X
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify)(iii) :
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv)
Name The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
("CGC")
City and country of registered office Los Angeles, USA
(if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) (v)
Name N/A
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City and country of registered office
(if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was 14 October 2021
crossed or reached (vi) :
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 15 October 2021
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting % of voting rights Total of both Total number
rights attached through financial in % (8.A + of voting rights
to shares (total instruments 8.B) of issuer (vii)
of 8. A) (total of 8.B
1 + 8.B 2)
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Resulting situation
on the date
on which threshold
was crossed
or reached 10.96% 0.01% 10.97% 2,294,652,462
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Position of
previous notification
(if
applicable) 11.06% 0.01% 11.06%
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which
the threshold was crossed or reached (viii)
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
shares (ix)
ISIN code (if
possible)
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive
2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1)
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Ordinary Shares
(ISIN:GB0002875804) 232,751,128 10.14%
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ADRs
(ISIN:US1104481072) 18,902,551 0.82%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A 251,653,679 10.96%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may rights
(x) (xi) be acquired if
the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting
instrument date (x) Conversion cash voting rights rights
Period (xi) settlement
(xii)
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175,551 Depository
Rights to Receipt shares
recall lent or 175,551
shares of votes on
Depository Physical a converted
Receipt N/A N/A settlement basis 0.01%
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 175,551 0.01%
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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
(underlying) issuer (xiii)
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights X
and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity (xiv) (please add additional
rows as necessary)
Name (xv) % of voting rights % of voting rights Total of both if
if it equals or through financial it equals or is
is higher than instruments if it higher than the
the notifiable equals or is higher notifiable threshold
threshold than the notifiable
threshold
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The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Holdings by CG Management
companies are set
out below: 10.97% 10.97%
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-- Capital Bank &
Trust Company (2)
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-- Capital International,
Inc.(1)
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-- Capital International
Limited(1)
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-- Capital International
Sàrl(1)
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-- Capital Research
and Management Company(2) 10.71% 10.71%
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(1) Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.
(2) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder N/A
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The number and % of voting rights N/A
held
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The date until which the voting rights N/A
will be held
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11. Additional information (xvi)
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital
Research and Management 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 institutional clients.
CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various
investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global
Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.
CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"),
which in turn is the parent company of four investment management companies
("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital International
Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K.
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, CA, USA
Date of completion 15 October 2021
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Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making
notification:
O Martin
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
18 October 2021
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney
+44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263
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