EX-5 6 ex-5.htm PRESS RELEASE
Exhibit 5


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
Chief Operating 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
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)
  
     
£25.160438
1
  
           
d)
Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 
 
1
 
£25.160438
e)
Date of the transaction
2023-08-18
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)



1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Karen Claeskens
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities; Johan Vandermeulen, Chief Operating 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
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)
  
     
£25.160438
2,334
  
           
d)
Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 
 
2,334
 
£58724.46
e)
Date of the transaction
2023-08-18
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)


Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Nancy Jiang
Date of notification:  22 August 2023