Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0727M

British American Tobacco PLC

22 January 2009

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 and Transparency Rules.

The Company was notified on 22 January 2009 by Mr M H Visser, a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company"), that, following the receipt by him of the final advice regarding the Reinet rights offer, the number of shares in the Company in which he has an interest differs from that stated in the announcement made on 12 December 2008. Mr Visser's interests in the Shares of the Company are as follows:-

(1) 44,762 Shares held in the name of Mr Visser;

(2) 162,922 Shares held in the name of The Remgro Share Trust in which Mr Visser has a beneficial interest as a member of The Remgro Share Scheme; and

(3) 389,780 (formerly 389,782) Shares held by the trustees of family trusts which, for the purposes of this notification, are persons connected with Mr Visser who is one of the beneficiaries under those trusts.

Following this amendment, Mr Visser has a total beneficial and family interest of 597,464 (formerly 597,466) Shares in the Company.