Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3745H

British American Tobacco PLC

16 May 2014

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

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

1. The Company was notified on 15 May 2014 of the following change in the interests in ordinary shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. in respect of the undermentioned Executive Director and person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") arising from the purchase of ordinary shares at a price of 3,432.8367 pence per ordinary share on 9 May 2014 through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP"):

PDMR	Date of Original Entry into DRIP	Number of Ordinary Shares Acquired per Interim Dividend
N Durante	May 2005	43

2. The Company was notified on 14 May 2014 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 9 May 2014 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 3,432.8367 pence 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	39
J B Stevens	19
J Bowles	7
A Davy	5
G Giordano	7
A M Gray	17
J-M Levy	15
D J Naughton	17
R Oberlander	2
D O'Reilly	31
N K Sethi	21
K Wheaton	8
N R Withington	117

3. The Company was notified on 14 May 2014 that on 9 May 2014 the following Executive Directors 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 3,432.8367 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of the cash equivalent of the Company's 2013 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
N Durante	233
J Bowles	200
A Davy	3
D J Naughton	295
R Oberlander	564
D O'Reilly	60
N K Sethi	196
K Wheaton	3
N R Withington	401

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	256,623 (including 84,116 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	128,504 (including 56,476 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	48,757 (including 24,254 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	38,626 (including 10,415 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	21,723 (including 21,392 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	104,375 (including 25,506 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	46,364 (including 26,422 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	36,663 (including 21,601 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	41,866 (including 12,182 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	20,313 (including 13,013 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	40,492 (including 16,334 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	23,596 (including 14,436 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	146,286 (including 26,172 Deferred Shares)