Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9606A

British American Tobacco PLC

05 April 2012

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 Rules and Transparency Rules.

1. The Company was notified on 4 April 2012 by the trustees of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan and the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (together the "Plans") that on 2 April 2012 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded to the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") listed below by way of the Share Reward Scheme and the International Share Reward Scheme respectively (the Free Shares element of the Plans) at a price of 3,230 pence per Share.

The number of Shares awarded to each Participant are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Awarded
N Durante	92
J B Stevens	92
J P Daly	92
J Bowles	92
M M Cobben	92
D S Fell	92
G Giordano	54
A M Gray	92
J-M Levy	92
D J Naughton	92
D O'Reilly	92
M C T Prideaux	92
N K Sethi	92
K Wheaton	92
N R Withington	92

2. The Company was notified on 5 April 2012 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") (the "Trustee") that on 2 April 2012 (the vesting date of 1 April 2012 not being a business day) awards of ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") made under the 2009 International Share Reward Scheme ("ISRS") had vested and, in accordance with the rules of the Plan, the Trustee had transferred accrued dividend shares to the persons discharging managerial responsibility (the "Participants") as follows:

Participant	Shares vested under 2009 ISRS Award	Dividend Shares Transferred	No. of Shares sold	No. of Shares sold to cover tax liability	Price at which Shares sold (pence)	Net No. of Shares acquired
J P Daly	168	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	186
N K Sethi	168	18	N/A	5	3,230	181
K Wheaton	168	18	186	N/A	3,230	0

3. The Company was notified on 4 April 2012 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 4 April 2012 the following Executive Director and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") had purchased ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") by way of the Partnership Share Scheme at a price of 3,244 pence per Share.

The number of Shares purchased by each Participant are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Purchased
N Durante	4
G Giordano	4
M C T Prideaux	4
N R Withington	4

4. 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
N Durante	222,024 (including 70,233 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	119,164 (including 60,668 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	133,253 (including 44,669 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	42,565 (including 21,773 Deferred Shares)
M M Cobben	142,608 (including 26,756 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	45,676 (including 25,692 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	5,601 (including 5,523 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	61,710 (including 27,485 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	48,151 (including 28,400 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	26,535 (including 17,513 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	10,642 (including 7,323 Deferred Shares)
M C T Prideaux	134,366 (including 30,274 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	31,507 (including 8,475 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	8,250 (including 7,393 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	148,425 (including 30,274 Deferred Shares)