Registrar
Enquiries concerning your shareholding, mandating your dividends (including consolidated dividend tax vouchers) and notifying changes in your personal details should be directed to Computershare Investor Services PLC, PO Box 82, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 7NH, tel: 0800 408 0094 (UK); +44 870 889 3159
Online
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Publications
Copies of current and past Annual Report and Accounts and Annual Reviews are available on request. Copies of the Group corporate descriptive booklet About Us and past Quarterly Reports are also available. Highlights from these publications can be produced in alternative formats such as Braille, audio tape and large print. Contact British American Tobacco Publications, Unit 80, London Industrial Park, Roding Road, London E6 6LS tel: +44 (0)20 7511 7797, facsimile: +44 (0)20 7540 4326, e-mail:
bat@team365.co.uk
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
A straightforward and economic way of utilising your dividends to build up your shareholding in British American Tobacco; contact Computershare Investor Services for details
American Depositary Receipts
British American Tobacco sponsors an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme in the United States. Enquiries regarding ADR holder accounts and payment of dividends should be directed to Shareholder Relations, The Bank of New York, PO Box 11258, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10286-1258, USA, tel: +1 888 BNY ADRS (toll-free) or +1 212 815 3700, e-mail:
shareowners@bankofny.com website:
www.adrbny.com
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
A British American Tobacco sponsored ISA; contact The Share Centre, PO Box 2000, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8ZB, tel: 0800 800 008 (UK); +44 (0)1296 414 141, e-mail:
service@share.co.uk; website:
www.share.co.uk
Capital gains tax
Fact sheet for British American Tobacco historical capital gains tax information; contact the British American Tobacco Company Secretarial Department, tel: +44 (0)20 7845 1000 or access the Investor Centre at
www.bat.com/investorcentre/cgt
Final dividend 2006
Ex-dividend date – 7 March 2007
Record date – 9 March 2007
Payment date – 3 May 2007
Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 26 April 2007 at 11.30am, The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB
Financial results 2007
First quarter – 3 May
Interim – 26 July
Third quarter – 1 November
Analyses of shareholders
At 31 December 2006, there were 2,068,803,944 ordinary shares in issue held by 60,226 shareholders. These shareholdings are analysed as follows by category of shareholder and size of shareholding:
| Category of shareholder | Number of holders | Percentage of total holders | Number of ordinary shares | Percentage of issued ordinary share capital |
|---|
| Individuals | 53,283 | 88.47 | 77,196,613 | 3.74 |
|---|
| Financial institutions/pension funds | 273 | 0.46 | 5,913,028 | 0.29 |
|---|
| Nominee companies | 6,162 | 10.23 | 1,356,353,424 | 65.56 |
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| Other corporate holders | 507 | 0.84 | 25,004,252 | 1.21 |
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| R&R Holdings S.A. | 1 | – | 604,336,627 | 29.2 |
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| | 60,226 | 100 | 2,068,803,944 | 100 |
| Size of shareholding | Number of holders | Percentage of issued ordinary share capital |
|---|
| 1 – 1,999 | 48,232 | 1.26 |
|---|
| 2,000 – 9,999 | 9,852 | 1.79 |
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| 10,000 – 199,999 | 1,609 | 3.24 |
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| 200,000 – 499,999 | 215 | 3.33 |
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| 500,000 and over | 318 | 90.38 |
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| | 60,226 | 100 |