Exhibit 1

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	Kingsley Wheaton
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Marketing Officer
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	Cancellation of options over ordinary shares under the 2018 British American Tobacco 5 Year Sharesave Scheme.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£33.76	888
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	888 £33.76
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-01-14
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

   

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Sophie Kerr

Date of notification: 17 January 2019