Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9088D

British American Tobacco PLC

02 May 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 Company was notified on 1 May 2013 that on 1 May 2013 Mr J P Daly, an executive director and a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 45,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares (the "Shares") at a price of 3,600 pence per Share.

2. The Company was notified on 2 May 2013 that on 26 April 2013 Dr D O'Reilly, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 3,322 British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares at a price of 3,583.19 pence per Share.

3. The Company was notified on 2 May 2013 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 1 May 2013 the following Executive Director and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") had purchased ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. by way of the Partnership Share Scheme at a price of 3,597 pence per Share.

The number of Shares purchased by each Participant are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Purchased
N Durante	4
G Giordano	3
N R Withington	3

4. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 2 May 2013 that it had on 30 April 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 M Gray

2009 LTIP

2010 LTIP

47,498

30,086

N/A

22,817

14,455

3,574.657

3,579.259

24,681

15,631

5. 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	238,877 (including 78,706 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	96,199 (including 51,137 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	13,419 (including 13,220 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	105,699 (including 27,289 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	16,036 (including 10,518 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	148,040 (including 29,190 Deferred Shares)