NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY 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.
The Company was notified on 12 March 2015 that on 12 March 2015 Mr Giovanni Giordano, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, purchased 500 British American Tobacco p.l.c. American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), represented by 1,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. ordinary shares (the "Shares"), at a price of US$109.33 per ADR.
Following the above transaction, Mr Giordano has a total beneficial and family interest in 29,763 Shares (including 21,392 Deferred Shares).
Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:
B M Creegan
Assistant Secretary
020 7845 1927
13 March 2015
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