Exhibit 2
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 | Johan Vandermeulen | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East | |||
| 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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 25p each GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of shares as a result of the reinvestment of dividend income under the British American Tobacco Dividend Reinvestment Plan. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £28.58478 | 2 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 2 £28.58478 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-11-15 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||
Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Sophie Kerr Date of notification: 19 November 2018 |