Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8682B

British American Tobacco PLC

09 October 2015

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. The Company was notified on 9 October 2015 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 7 October 2015 the following executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") had purchased ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") by way of the Partnership Share Scheme at a price of 3,716.5 pence per Share.

The number of Shares acquired by each Participant was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Acquired
N Durante	4
J B Stevens	4
J B Abelman	4
G Giordano	3
T L Marroco	4
J Vandermeulen	4

2. The Company was notified on 9 October 2015 that on 30 September 2015 the following Executive Director and persons discharging managerial responsibilities acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. at a price of 3,633.5075 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of the cash equivalent of the Company's 2015 interim dividend on shares held on their behalf by Computershare Company Nominees Limited as administrator of the Company's vested share account.

The number of Shares acquired by each Participant was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Acquired
N Durante	529
J B Abelman	50
J Bowles	725
A Davy	3
R Oberlander	494
D O'Reilly	61
N K Sethi	216
K Wheaton	50

3. The Company was notified on 9 October 2015 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 30 September 2015 the following Executive Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. at a price of 3,633.5075 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trustee in accordance with the UK Plan.

The number of Shares acquired by each Participant in the UK Plan was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Acquired
N Durante	23
J B Stevens	7
J Bowles	3
A Davy	5
G Giordano	6
A M Gray	8
T L Marroco	3
R Oberlander	2
D O'Reilly	18
N K Sethi	13
K Wheaton	6

4. 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 were as follows:

Participant	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
N Durante	263,039 (including 72,363 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	120,831 (including 48,167 Deferred Shares)
J B Abelman	34,744 (including 7,613 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	94,667 (including 22,987 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	37,151 (including 13,673 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	33,405 (including 22,942 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	60,423 (including 23,754 Deferred Shares)*
T L Marroco	19,957 (including 9,415 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	58,318 (including 15,390 Deferred Shares)*
D O'Reilly	23,841 (including 15,553 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	50,650 (including 19,160 Deferred Shares)*
J Vandermeulen	11,364 (including 11,155 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	21,334 (including 16,375 Deferred Shares)