Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4528D

British American Tobacco PLC

28 March 2014

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 independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 27 March 2014 that it had on 25 March 2014 released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the following Executive Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility:

Participant	Share Scheme Deferred Share Bonus Scheme ("DSBS") Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")	Shares released from DSBS and LTIP Awards	No. of Shares sold	Price at which Shares sold (pence)	Net No. of Shares acquired
N Durante	2011 DSBS	22,056	10,370	3,250.50	11,686
J B Stevens	2011 DSBS	23,702	11,144	3,250.50	12,558
J P Daly	2011 DSBS	17,833	2,805	3,250.50	15,028
J Bowles	2011 DSBS	9,507	9,507	3,250.50	0
A Davy	2011 DSBS	3,626	3,626	3,250.50	0
A M Gray	2011 DSBS	10,124	4,762	3,250.50	5,362
J-M Levy	2011 DSBS	10,618	10,618	3,250.50	0
D J Naughton	2011 DSBS	6,856	3,226	3,250.50	3,630
D O'Reilly	2011 DSBS 2011 LTIP	2,981 2,881	2,192 2,120	3,250.50 3,233.50	789 761
N K Sethi	2011 DSBS	3,440	3,440	3,250.50	0
K J Wheaton	2011 DSBS	4,174	2,582	3,250.50	1,592
N R Withington	2011 DSBS	11,359	11,359	3,250.50	0

2. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 27 March 2014 that it had on 26 March 2014 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 Award

No. of Shares sold

Price at which Shares sold

(pence)

Net No. of Shares acquired

A Davy

2011 LTIP

3,540

N/A

3,540

3. 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	228,762 (including 56,650 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	110,056 (including 38,120 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	93,404 (including 33,304 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	40,136 (including 15,913 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	32,862 (including 4,741 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	95,944 (including 17,165 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	37,767 (including 17,913 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	29,117 (including 14,440 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	14,673 (including 7,537 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	33,200 (including 9,341 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	16,634 (including 8,623 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	137,346 (including 17,831 Deferred Shares)