Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2330E

British American Tobacco PLC

04 April 2011

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

1. The Company was notified on 1 April 2011 that on 25 March 2011 Mrs L Catley-Daly, a person connected with Mr Daly, an executive director and a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 5,500 British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares (the "Shares") at a price of £24.20 per Share.

2. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 1 April 2011 that it had on 31 March 2011 released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the following executive director and person discharging managerial responsibility under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme 2008 Award (the "2008 Award"):

Participant	Shares released from the 2008 Award	No. of Shares sold	No. of shares sold to cover tax liability	Price at which Shares sold	Net No. of Shares acquired	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
J P Daly*	5,872	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,872	64,752 (including 41,585 Deferred Shares)