Notification and 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") 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 Tadeu Marroco 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Regional Director, Europe and North Africa 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 a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of 25p each Identification code GB0002875804 b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options over ordinary shares under the British American Tobacco 3 year Sharesave Scheme. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £33.76 266 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 266 - Price £33.76 e) Date of the transaction 2018-03-28 f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON) 4 April 2018 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 04/04/2018 03:00:00 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.