Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 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") British American Tobacco p.l.c. Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated With Them 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Naresh Sethi 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Director, Business Development b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial notification 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name British American Tobacco p.l.c. b) LEI 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted Transaction 1 a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of 25p each Identification code GB0002875804 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options under the British American Tobacco Long-Term Incentive Plan (2014 Award) c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 14,648 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 14,648 - Price £nil e) Date of the transaction 2017-10-11 f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON) Transaction 2 a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of 25p each Identification code GB0002875804 b) Nature of the transaction Sale of shares to meet tax liability arising on exercise of Long-Term Incentive Plan options c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £48.976160 7,035 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 7,035 - Price £48.976160 e) Date of the transaction 2017-10-11 f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON) Transaction 3 a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of 25p each Identification code GB0002875804 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options over ordinary shares under the March 2014 British American Tobacco 3 Year Sharesave Scheme. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £26.00 346 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 346 - Price £26.00 e) Date of the transaction 2017-10-11 f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON) Transaction 4 a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of 25p each Identification code GB0002875804 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options over ordinary shares under the August 2014 British American Tobacco 3 Year Sharesave Scheme. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £27.87 322 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 322 - Price £27.87 e) Date of the transaction 2017-10-11 f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON) 16 October 2017 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 16/10/2017 12:30:00 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.