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. The Company was notified on 4 June 2015 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 3 June 2015 the following Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (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 3,541.0 pence per Share. The number of Shares purchased by each Participant are as follows: Participant British American Tobacco Total Beneficial and Family Interests Shares Purchased following this Notification 262,470 (including 72,363 N Durante 4 Deferred Shares) 120,271 (including 48,167 Deferred J B Stevens 4 Shares) 34,670 (including 7,613 J B Abelman 4 Deferred Shares) 31,385 (including 22,942 G Giordano 3 Deferred Shares) 19,937 (including 9,415 T L Marroco 4 Deferred Shares) 10,588 (including 10,397 J Vandermeulen 4 Deferred Shares*) * Of the 10,397 Deferred Shares referred to under Total Beneficial and Family Interests for Mr Vandermeulen, a total of 2,725 Deferred Shares will be cash settled by the Company. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary Tel: 020 7845 1927 4 June 2015 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Enquiries: Investor Relations Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley +44 20 7845 1180/1519 British American Tobacco Press Office Will Hill/ Anna Vickerstaff +44 20 7845 2888 Date: 04/06/2015 04:45:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.