BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

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 Rules
and Transparency Rules.

1.   The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
     notified the Company on 1 April 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 person discharging managerial responsibility (the “Participant”):

       Participant     Share Scheme          Shares       No. of     Price at   Net No. of
                                           released      Shares        which      Shares
                       Deferred Share          from        sold       Shares     acquired
                       Bonus Scheme           DSBS                       sold
                       (“DSBS”)               Award                  (pence)
      R Oberlander     2011 DSBS              3,350         230     3,250.50        3,120

2.   The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
     notified the Company on 1 April 2014 that it had on 31 March 2014 released the
     following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares to the
     following person discharging managerial responsibility:

       Participant     Share Scheme          Shares       No. of     Price at   Net No. of
                                           released      Shares        which      Shares
                       Long-Term         from LTIP         sold       Shares     acquired
                       Incentive Plan         Award                      sold
                       (“LTIP”)                                      (pence)
      K Wheaton        2011 LTIP              4,035       2,970     3,326.60        1,065

3.   The Company was notified on 1 April 2014 by the trustees of the British American
     Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan and the British American Tobacco
     International Employee Share Ownership Plan (together the “Plans”) that on 1 April
     2014 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. were awarded to
     the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility listed
     below by way of the Share Reward Scheme and the International Share Reward
     Scheme respectively (the Free Shares element of the Plans) at a price of 3,335.5
     pence per Share.

     The number of Shares awarded to each Participant are as follows:

                             British American Tobacco Shares
       Participant
                                         Awarded
      N Durante                               73
      J B Stevens                             73
      J P Daly                                73
      J Bowles                                73
      A Davy                                  73
      G Giordano                              73
      A M Gray                                73
      J-M Levy                                73
      D J Naughton                            73
      R Oberlander                            73
      D O’Reilly                              73
      N K Sethi                               73
      K Wheaton                               73
      N R Withington                          73

4.   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                    256,301 (including 84,116 Deferred Shares)
      J B Stevens                  128,485 (including 56,476 Deferred Shares)
      J P Daly                     109,676 (including 49,503 Deferred Shares)
      J Bowles                      48,550 (including 24,254 Deferred Shares)
      A Davy                        38,609 (including 10,415 Deferred Shares)
      G Giordano                    21,709 (including 21,392 Deferred Shares)
      A M Gray                     104,358 (including 25,506 Deferred Shares)
      J-M Levy                      46,349 (including 26,422 Deferred Shares)
      D J Naughton                  36,351 (including 21,601 Deferred Shares)
      R Oberlander                  41,300 (including 12,182 Deferred Shares)
      D O’Reilly                    20,222 (including 13,013 Deferred Shares)
      N K Sethi                     40,266 (including 16,334 Deferred Shares)
      K Wheaton                     23,585 (including 14,436 Deferred Shares)
      N R Withington               145,760 (including 26,172 Deferred Shares)



2 April 2014

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