BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c - Notification of transactions of

BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c - Notification of transactions of          
directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons   
British American Tobacco p.l.c.                                                 
Incorporated in England and Wales                                               
(Registration number: 03407696)                                                 
Short name: BATS                                                                
Share code: BTI                                                                 
ISIN number: GB0002875804                                                       
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")                            
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 and Transparency Rules.                                          
1    The Company was notified on 1 April 2011 that on 25 March 2011 Mrs L       
    Catley-Daly, a person connected with Mr Daly, an executive director and     
a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 5,500 British        
    American Tobacco p.l.c. shares (the "Shares") at a price of GBP24.20 per    
    Share.                                                                      
2    The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee     
Trust notified the Company on 1 April 2011 that it had on 31 March 2011     
    released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p        
    ordinary shares (the "Shares") to the following executive director and      
    person discharging managerial responsibility under the Deferred Share       
Bonus Scheme 2008 Award (the "2008 Award"):                                 
Participant  Shares   No. of  No. of    Price   Net No.  Total                  
            released Shares  shares    at      of       Beneficial              
            from the sold    sold to   which   Shares   and Family              
2008             cover tax Shares  acquired Interests               

            Award            liability sold             following               
                                                        this                    
                                                        Notification            
J P Daly*    5,872    n/a     n/a       n/a     5,872    64,752                 
                                                        (including              
                                                        41,585                  
                                                        Deferred                
Shares)                 

* Balances take account of transactions stated in paragraph 1 above.            
4 April 2011                                                                    
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd                                             
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