Holding(s) in Company

22 Jun 2006 16:44

British American Tobacco PLC22 June 2006 Holding in Company Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, British American Tobaccop.l.c. (the "Company") has been informed, by a letter dated 22 June 2006, thatwith reference to the Company's share purchase programme and the consequentreduction in the number of ordinary shares of 25p in the Company ("the Shares")in issue, as at 19 June 2006, R & R Holdings SA had a notifiable interest (forthe purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985) in 604,336,627 Sharesrepresenting 29.04% of the issued ordinary share capital of 2,081,403,050Shares. R & R Holdings SA is the registered holder of the number of Shares indicatedabove. 22 June 2006 Contact: G C W CunningtonDeputy SecretaryTel: 020 7845 1925 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange