Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0428B

British American Tobacco PLC

27 March 2013

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 independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 26 March 2013 that it had on 25 March 2013 released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the following Executive Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility:

Participant	Share Scheme Deferred Share Bonus Scheme ("DSBS") Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")	Shares released from DSBS and LTIP Awards	No. of Shares sold	No. of Shares sold to cover tax liability	Price at which Shares sold (pence)	Net No. of Shares acquired
N Durante	2010 DSBS	17,005	N/A	8,846	3,509.00	8,159
J B Stevens	2010 DSBS	15,925	15,925	N/A	3,509.00	0
J P Daly	2010 DSBS 2010 LTIP	8,601 32,787	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	8,601 32,787
J Bowles	2010 DSBS	3,640	N/A	534	3,509.00	3,106
A Davy	2010 DSBS	3,247	3,247	N/A	3,509.00	0
A M Gray	2010 DSBS	7,893	N/A	4,108	3,509.00	3,785
J-M Levy	2010 DSBS	7,893	7,893	N/A	3,509.00	0
D J Naughton	2010 DSBS	2,767	N/A	1,442	3,509.00	1,325
D O'Reilly	2010 DSBS	1,881	N/A	981	3,509.00	900
N K Sethi	2010 DSBS	1,753	1,753	N/A	3,509.00	0
N R Withington	2010 DSBS	9,026	9,026	N/A	3,509.00	0

2. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 27 March 2013 that it had on 25 March 2013 released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the following person discharging managerial responsibility:

Participant

Share Scheme

Long-Term Incentive
Plan ("LTIP")

Shares released from LTIP Awards

No. of Shares sold

No. of Shares sold to cover tax liability

Price at which Shares sold

(pence)

Net No. of Shares acquired

A Davy

2010 LTIP

5,820

N/A

5,820

3. On 26 March 2013, the Company granted options over British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the person discharging managerial responsibilities below (the "Participant") under the British American Tobacco Sharesave Scheme, at an option price of 2,807 pence per Share:

Participant

Shares under option

Option exercise period

R Oberlander

534

1 May 2018 to 31 October 2018

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	238,799 (including 78,706 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	120,714 (including 61,822 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	141,120 (including 51,137 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	49,372 (including 25,420 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	27,764 (including 8,367 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	65,316 (including 27,289 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	48,297 (including 28,531 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	31,893 (including 21,296 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	33,969 (including 11,997 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	14,773 (including 10,518 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	36,183 (including 12,781 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	147,962 (including 29,190 Deferred Shares)