British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

4 May 2007 17:12

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 by the trustee of the British AmericanTobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "International Plan")that on 3 May 2007 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobaccop.l.c. (the "Shares") were purchased for the following person dischargingmanagerial responsibility (the "Participant") at a price of £15.93 per Share asa result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trustee in accordance with theInternational Plan. Participant British American Total Beneficial and Family Tobacco Shares Interests following this Purchased Notification J Daly 14 34,755 (including 27,435 Deferred Shares) In addition, the Company was notified on 4 May 2007 by the trustee of theBritish American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 3May 2007 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were purchased for the following executive directors and other personsdischarging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") at a priceof £15.991 per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trusteein accordance with the UK Plan. The number of Shares purchased by each Participant in the UK Plan, together withtheir interests following the transaction, are as follows: Participant British American Total Beneficial and Family Tobacco Shares Interests following this Purchased Notification P N Adams 58 262,346 (including 118,683 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 12 262,034 (including 81,966 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 50 166,929 (including 74,057 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 58 127,575 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 58 53,226 (including 45,315 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 25 52,118 (including 32,192 Deferred Shares) R Kindts 6 65,513 (including 23,482 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 58 125,385 (including 26,940 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 58 72,184 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:Anne Girling, Deputy Company Secretary, 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange