British American Tobacco PLC TR-1 Notification (2273E)
October 16 2018 - 10:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBATS
RNS Number : 2273E
British American Tobacco PLC
16 October 2018
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and
to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i)
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)
:
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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
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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, CA 90071, 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 12 October 2018
crossed or reached(vi) :
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 15 October 2018
(received by issuer on 16 October
2018)
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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 11.0184% 0.0000% 11.0184% 2,293,747,068
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Position of
previous notification
(if
applicable) 10.0180% 0.0000% 10.0180%
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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(ix) % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if
possible)
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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) 227,852,904 9.9337%
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ADRs
(ISIN:US1104481072) 24,880,959 1.0847%
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SUBTOTAL 8.
A 252,733,863 11.0184%
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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 rights
instrument date(x) Conversion Period(xi) rights that may
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 Expiration Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting rights
financial date(x) Conversion cash voting rights
instrument Period (xi) settlement(xii)
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N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2
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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 higher
is higher than the instruments if it than the notifiable
notifiable threshold equals or is higher threshold
than the notifiable
threshold
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The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Holdings by CG
Management companies
are set out below: 11.0184% 0.0000% 11.0184%
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-- Capital Guardian
Trust Company(1)
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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) 10.6866% 0.0000% 10.6866%
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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)
CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC").
CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that manages the American
Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment
companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors,
Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn
is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which
in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies
("CGII management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital
International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International
Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies
primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.
Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of British American Tobacco
plc 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 2018
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Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making
notification:
S Kerr
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
16 October 2018
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley/John Harney
+44 20 7845 1180/1519/1263
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