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Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Published: 2025-01-24 15:00:19 ET
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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.
                                        (“the Company”)

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

This notification is an update to the RNS released on 20 June 2024 in respect of Kingsley
Wheaton’s transfer of ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company (the "Shares”) to his
spouse. In addition to the transaction referred to in that RNS, an additional 1,011 Shares
were transferred by Mr Wheaton to his spouse on 19 June 2024. Due to an oversight, that
transaction did not form part of the original notification and the requisite details of that
transaction are set out below.

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
      associated
 a) Name                              Kingsley Wheaton
 2    Reason for the notification
 a) Position/status                   Chief Corporate Officer

 b) Initial notification
                                      Initial notification
    /Amendment
 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               Ordinary shares of 25p each
    instrument

      Identification code             GB0002875804
 b) Nature of the transaction         Transfer of shares to Julia Wheaton, a Person
                                      Closely Associated
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)
                                      Price(s)                 Volume(s)

                                      £nil                     1,011


d) Aggregated information

     - Aggregated volume             1,011

     - Price                         £nil

e) Date of the transaction           2024-06-19
f)   Place of the transaction        Outside a trading venue


1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
a) Name                              Julia Wheaton
2    Reason for the notification
a) Position/status                   Person Closely Associated with a person
                                     discharging managerial responsibilities; Kingsley
                                     Wheaton, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer
b) Initial notification              Initial notification
   /Amendment
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               Ordinary shares of 25p each
   instrument

     Identification code             GB0002875804
b) Nature of the transaction         Receipt of Ordinary Shares from Kingsley Wheaton
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)
                                         Price(s)               Volume(s)

                                         £nil                   1,011



 d) Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume             1,011

      - Price                         £nil

 e) Date of the transaction           2024-06-19
 f)   Place of the transaction        Outside a trading venue


 Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Nancy Jiang

 Date of notification: 24 January 2025



24 January 2025

Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities