Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8454G

British American Tobacco PLC

18 May 2011

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

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

The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust (the "Trust") notified the Company on 17 May 2011 that it had on 16 May 2011 (the vesting date of 15 May 2011 not being a business day) transferred the beneficial interest in a total of 214,886 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") subject to awards granted under the British American Tobacco 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "2007 LTIP") to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") as follows:

Participant	Share scheme	Shares, subject to LTIP Awards, transferred to PDMRs	No. of Shares sold	No. of Shares sold to cover tax liability	Price at which Shares sold	Net No. of Shares acquired
M M Cobben	2007 LTIP	37,481	37,481	N/A	£26.93250	NIL
A M Gray	2007 LTIP	37,481	37,481	N/A	£26.93250	NIL
J-M Levy	2007 LTIP	21,485	21,485	N/A	£26.88060	NIL
M C T Prideaux	2007 LTIP	40,979	N/A	21,790	£26.96290	19,189
P H Taylor	2007 LTIP	36,481	N/A	19,399	£26.96190	17,082
N R Withington	2007 LTIP	40,979	40,979	N/A	£26.85365	NIL

The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust (the "Trust") further notified the Company on 18 May 2011 that it had on 16 May 2011 (the vesting date of 15 May 2011 not being a business day) transferred the beneficial interest in a total of 37,481 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") subject to awards granted under the British American Tobacco 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "2007 LTIP") to the following person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") as follows:

Participant	Share scheme	Shares, subject to LTIP Awards, transferred to PDMRs	No. of Shares sold	No. of Shares sold to cover tax liability	Price at which Shares sold	Net No. of Shares acquired
J P Daly	2007 LTIP	37,481	N/A	N/A	N/A	37,481

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

Participant	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
J P Daly	86,651 (including 41,585 Deferred shares)
M M Cobben	147,265 (including 31,776 Deferred shares)
A M Gray	59,264 (including 31,874 Deferred shares)
J-M Levy	50,119 (including 30,464 Deferred shares)
M C T Prideaux	141,320 (including 36,367 Deferred shares)
P H Taylor	168,695 (including 32,795 Deferred shares)
N R Withington	153,882 (including 36,367 Deferred shares)