TR-1: Notification of Major Holdings British American Tobacco p.l.c. Incorporated in England and Wales (Registration number: 03407696) Short name: BATS Share code: BTI ISIN number: GB0002875804 British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") British American Tobacco p.l.c. TR-1: Notification of major holdings 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are at- British American Tobacco p.l.c. tachedii: 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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify)iii: 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv Name Standard Bank Group Limited City and country of registered office (if applicable) Johannesburg, South Africa 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3)v Name City and country of registered office (if applicable) Name City and country of registered office (if applicable) Name City and country of registered office (if applicable) Name City and country of registered office (if applicable) Name City and country of registered office (if applicable) 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or 29/01/2025 reachedvi: 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 31/01/2025 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation % of voting rights % of voting rights through financial in- Total number of Total of both in % attached to shares struments voting rights of (8.A + 8.B) (total of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B issuervii 2) Resulting situation on the date on which threshold 3.350000 0.000000 3.350000 74103515 was crossed or reached Position of previ- ous notification (if applicable) 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Number of voting rightsix % of voting rights shares ISIN code (if possi- Direct Indirect Direct Indirect (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- ble) 2004/109/EC) rective 2004/109/EC) rective (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1) GB0002875804 Com- mon Stock 74103515 3.350000 US1104481072 Deposi- tory Receipt SUBTOTAL 8. A 74103515 3.350000% B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) Number of voting Expira- rights that may be ac- Type of financial Exercise/ % of voting tion quired if the instru- instrument Conversion Periodxi rights datex ment is exercised/converted. 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)) Exercise/ Physical or Type of finan- Expiration Number of % of voting Conversion cash cial instrument datex voting rights rights Period xi settlementxii SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 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 (under- lying) issuerxiii 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 X entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary) % of voting rights % of voting rights Total of both if through financial if it equals or is it equals or is Name of controlled instruments if it Namexv higher than the higher than the undertaking equals or is higher notifiable thresh- notifiable than the notifiable old threshold threshold Standard Bank SBG Securities 3.350000 3.350000% Group 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: Name of the proxy holder The number and % of voting rights held The date until which the voting rights will be held 11. Additional informationxvi Place of completion 31/01/2025 Date of completion Johannesburg Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Christopher Worlock Assistant Secretary British American Tobacco p.l.c. 31 January 2025 Enquiries: British American Tobacco Media Centre +44 (0)20 7845 2888 (24 hours) @BATPlc Investor Relations Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012 | IR_team@bat.com 31 January 2025 Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities Date: 31-01-2025 04:25:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. 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