British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

4 Apr 2006 11:41

British American Tobacco PLC04 April 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. The Company was notified on 4 April 2006 by the trustees of the British AmericanTobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan and the British American TobaccoInternational Employee Share Ownership Plan (together the "Plans") that on 3April 2006 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded to the executive directors of British American Tobacco and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "Participants")listed below by way of the Share Reward Scheme and the International ShareReward Scheme respectively (the Free Shares element of the Plans) at a price of1385p per Share. The number of Shares awarded to each Participant, together with their interestsfollowing this transaction, is as follows: Participant British American Total Beneficial Tobacco Shares Interests following this Awarded Notification P N Adams 173 261,863 (including 118,611 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 173 166,249 (including 82,821 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 173 255,654 (including 75,889 Deferred Shares) J P Daly 173 30,230 (including 22,912 Deferred Shares) R Kindts 173 57,824 (including 18,872 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 173 94,390 (including 35,974 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 173 58,363 (including 50,863 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 173 61,542 (including 34,741 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 173 127,388 (including 29,354 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 173 75,913 (including 35,974 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