Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9543T

British American Tobacco PLC

01 April 2016

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. On 29 March 2016, the Company granted awards of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "Participants") listed below under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme at an award price of 4,008 pence per Share. Awards under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme are conditional awards of shares which are held in trust for three years and no further performance conditions apply in that period.

Participant	Deferred Shares Awarded
N Durante	29,690
J B Stevens	19,468
J B Abelman	8,164
J Bowles	11,473
A Davy	8,270
G Giordano	10,815
A M Gray	11,791
T L Marroco	7,655
R Oberlander	9,522
D O'Reilly	7,655
N K Sethi	9,341
J Vandermeulen	9,013
K Wheaton	9,066

2. 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	280,770 (including 76,575 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	106,239 (including 50,556 Deferred Shares)
J B Abelman	43,319 (including 13,215 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	55,333 (including 27,173 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	43,210 (including 19,302 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	40,615 (including 26,060 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	64,517 (including 27,848 Deferred Shares)
T L Marroco	24,151 (including 14,290 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	57,840 (including 22,370 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	28,164 (including 18,132 Deferred Shares)
N Sethi	53,932 (including 22,442 Deferred Shares)
J Vandermeulen	17,671 (including 17,443 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	22,326 (including 20,037 Deferred Shares)