British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

16 Mar 2006 10:32

British American Tobacco PLC16 March 2006 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Section 324 (as extended by Section 328) ofthe Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rulessourcebook. On 15 March 2006, the Company granted an award of British American Tobaccop.l.c. 25p ordinary shares to the executive directors of British AmericanTobacco and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "Participants") listed below under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme at an awardprice of 1434p per Share. Awards under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme areconditional awards of shares which are held in trust for three years and nofurther performance conditions apply in that period. Participant Deferred Shares Total Beneficial Interests Awarded following this Notification P N Adams 34,858 303,445 (including 160,375 Deferred Shares)P A Rayner 21,739 188,141 (including 104,894 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 23,988 280,355 (including 100,772 Deferred Shares) F de Andrade 9,288 78,191 (including 38,999 Deferred Shares) J P Daly 7,907 30,057 (including 29,333 Deferred Shares) N Durante 5,380 * 57,708 (including 23,183 Deferred Shares) R Kindts 7,029 55,423 (including 24,189 Deferred Shares) J M Kruger 8,033 140,326 (including 43,059 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 9,288 109,258 (including 51,024 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 13,305 79,752 (including 72,434 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 9,539 71,310 (including 46,781 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 7,907 130,090 (including 36,377 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 9,288 91,282 (including 51,525 Deferred Shares) * This award is granted by Souza Cruz S.A., a British American Tobaccosubsidiary company, on identical terms save that the award will be cash settledand paid directly by the grantor, rather than by the trustee, the BritishAmerican Tobacco Group Employee Trust. Of the 23,183 Deferred Shares referredto under Total Beneficial Interests for Mr Durante, a total of 11,983 DeferredShares (including the award of 5,380 Deferred Shares announced today) have beengranted by, and will be cash settled by, Souza Cruz S.A. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:Anne Girling, Deputy Company Secretary, 0207 845 1919 ENQUIRIES: Investor Relations: Ralph Edmondson 0207 845 1180Press Office: David Betteridge / Teresa La Thangue / Emily Brand 0207 845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange