British American Tobacco p.l.c 6-K, filed Apr 21, 2021

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI)

6-K 2021-04-21 For: 2021-04-21

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About this 6-K

British American Tobacco p.l.c filed this 6-K on April 21, 2021.

Exhibit		Description

Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “TR-1: Notification of major holdings” dated April 21, 2021.

British American Tobacco p.l.c.


By:	/s/ Oliver Martin
	Name:	Oliver Martin
	Title:	Assistant Secretary

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedⁱⁱ:			British American Tobacco p.l.c.
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						X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)ⁱⁱⁱ:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation^iv
Name			The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”)
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 reached^vi:			19 April 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			20 April 2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer^vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	11.06%	0.01%		11.06%	2,294,612,295
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	10.98%	0.02%		11.00%

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 shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights^ix		% of voting rights
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares (ISIN:GB0002875804)		231,891,056		10.11%
ADRs (ISIN:US1104481072)		21,846,452		0.95%

SUBTOTAL 8. A	253,737,508		11.06%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date^x	Exercise/ Conversion Period^xi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights
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))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date^x	Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xi	Physical or cash settlement^xii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Rights to recall lent shares of Depository Receipt	N/A	N/A	Physical settlement	143,900 Depository Receipt shares or 143,900 votes on a converted basis	0.01%

			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2	143,900	0.01%

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 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)				X
Name^xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:	11.06%		11.06%
• Capital Bank & Trust Company²
• Capital International, Inc.¹
• Capital International Limited¹
• Capital International Sàrl¹
• Capital Research and Management Company²	10.79%		10.80%
¹Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. ²Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
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

Place of completion	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date of completion	20 April 2021