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	John Benedict Stevens
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Finance Director
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
Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25p each   GB0002875804
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of shares to Mrs Susan Stevens, a Person Closely Associated
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£nil	69,481
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	69,481 £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-05-03
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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

Date of notification: 19 February 2019