British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

4 May 2007 15:26

British American Tobacco PLC04 May 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company was notified on 4 May 2007 of the following change in the interestsin ordinary shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. in respect of theundermentioned Director and person discharging managerial responsibility(together the "Participants") arising from the purchase of ordinary shares at aprice of £15.991 per ordinary share on 3 May 2007 through the Company's DividendReinvestment Plan (the "DRIP"): Participant Date of Original Entry No. Ordinary Shares Total Beneficial and Family into DRIP Acquired per Final interests following this Dividend NotificationK H Clarke January 2004 115 4,726N Durante May 2005 1,729 71,203 (including 22,549 Deferred Shares)* *Of the 22,549 Deferred Shares referred to under Total Beneficial Interests forMr Durante, a total of 11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will becash settled by, Souza Cruz S.A., a British American Tobacco subsidiary company. G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary British American Tobacco p.l.c. 4 May 2007 Enquiries: Press Office - David Betteridge 020 7845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange