British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

30 Dec 2005 09:56

British American Tobacco PLC30 December 2005 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. The Company was notified on 29 December 2005 by the trustee of the BritishAmerican Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 29 December 2005 thefollowing executive directors and other persons discharging managerialresponsibility (together the "Participants") had purchased ordinary shares of25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") by way of thePartnership Share Scheme at a price of 1307p per Share. The number of Shares purchased by each Participant, together with theirinterests following the transaction, are as follows: Participant British American Total Beneficial and Family Tobacco Shares Interests following this Purchased Notification P N Adams 10 268,569 (including 125,517 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 9 256,347 (including 76,784 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 10 166,383 (including 83,155 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 9 100,379 (including 41,736 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 9 136,428 (including 59,129 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 9 122,164 (including 28,470 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 9 81,975 (including 42,237 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