Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5679G

British American Tobacco PLC

13 May 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 12 May 2011 that on 10 May 2011 Mrs L Catley-Daly, a person connected with Mr Daly, an executive director and a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 15,700 British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares (the "Shares") at a price of £27.005 per Share.

2. The Company was notified on 12 May 2011 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 6 May 2011 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were purchased for the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities (together the "Participants") at a price of £26.81243 per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trustee in accordance with the UK Plan.

The number of Shares purchased by each Participant in the UK Plan was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Purchased
N Durante	26
J B Stevens	41
M M Cobben	11
D S Fell	8
A M Gray	8
J-M Levy	6
D J Naughton	8
M C T Prideaux	55
P H Taylor	55
N R Withington	55

3. The Company was notified on 12 May 2011 that on 6 May 2011 the following executive director and persons discharging managerial responsibilities (together the "Participants") acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") at a price of £26.81243 per Share as a result of the reinvestment of the cash equivalent of the Company's 2010 final dividend on shares held on their behalf by Computershare Company Nominees Limited as administrator of the Company's vested share account.

The number of Shares acquired by each Participant was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Acquired
J P Daly	6
M M Cobben	3
D S Fell	6
D J Naughton	6
N R Withington	289

4. Following the above transactions, the total beneficial and family interests in British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares of the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities was as follows:

Participant	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
N Durante	183,318 (including 68,225 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	143,786 (including 65,741 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	49,170 (including 41,585 Deferred Shares)
M M Cobben	147,265 (including 31,776 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	47,383 (including 27,572 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	59,264 (including 31,874 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	50,119 (including 30,464 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	18,843 (including 14,135 Deferred Shares)
M C T Prideaux	122,131 (including 36,367 Deferred Shares)
P H Taylor	151,613 (including 32,795 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	153,882 (including 36,367 Deferred Shares)