British American Tobacco PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8785U)

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RNS Number : 8785U

British American Tobacco PLC

08 April 2021

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

On 31 March 2021 the independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust released the following number of phantom British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") granted to the following person discharging managerial responsibilities under the 2018 Phantom Deferred Share Bonus Scheme ("2018 Award"). Subsequent sale of Shares is also set out below.

 
 1      Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
         closely associated 
 a)     Name                              Zafar Khan 
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 2      Reason for the notification 
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 a)     Position/status                  Director, Operations 
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 b)     Initial notification             Initial notification 
         /Amendment 
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 3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
         auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)     Name                             British American Tobacco p.l.c. 
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 b)     LEI                              213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 
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 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 
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 Transaction 1 
 a)     Description of the 
         financial instrument, 
         type of instrument 
                                          Ordinary shares of 25p each 
         Identification code 
 
                                          GB0002875804 
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 b)     Nature of the transaction        Shares released under the Phantom 
                                          Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2018 
                                          Award) 
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 c)     Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                            GBP38.94    2,026 
                                                       ---------- 
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 d)     Aggregated information 
 
         - Aggregated volume               2,026 
 
         - Price                           GBP38.94 
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 e)     Date of the transaction          2021-03-31 
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 f)     Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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 Transaction 2 
 a)   Description of the 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument                Ordinary shares of 25p each 
 
       Identification code               GB0002875804 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction        Sale of Shares on vesting of Phantom 
                                        Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2018 
                                        Award) 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)     Volume(s) 
 
                                           GBP27.76     2,026 
                                                      ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume               2,026 
 
       - Price                           GBP27.76 
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 e)   Date of the transaction          2021-03-31 
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 f)   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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 Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: 
  Oliver Martin 
  Date of notification: 8 April 2021 
 

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