British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

20 Mar 2007 13:43

British American Tobacco PLC20 March 2007 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 independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 20 March 2007 that it had on 19 March 2007 released556,960 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") toparticipants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. Ofthese Shares, a total of 218,592 Shares were released to the following executivedirectors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together "theParticipants") as follows: Participant Shares released No. of Shares sold No. of shares Net No. of Shares Total Beneficial from 2004 DSBS at 1589p per Share sold at 1589p to acquired and Family Award cover UK tax Interests following liability this Notification P N Adams 46,011 46,011 n/a n/a 262,101 (including 118,683 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 37,105 31,500 n/a 5,605 166,692 (including 74,057 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de 25,260 25,260 n/a n/a 261,835 (includingCastro 81,966 Deferred Shares) F de Andrade 10,099 n/a n/a 10,099 106,961 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) J P Daly 6,233 n/a n/a 6,233 34,570 (including 27,435 Deferred Shares) N Durante 5,852 n/a n/a 5,852 97,875 (including 22,549 Deferred Shares*) R Kindts 4,917 n/a 2,020 2,897 65,336 (including 23,482 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 16,326 n/a 6,698 9,628 127,330 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 22,758 22,758 n/a n/a 52,981 (including 45,315 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 14,842 14,842 n/a n/a 51,922 (including 32,192 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 12,863 12,863 n/a n/a 125,140 (including 26,940 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 16,326 16,326 n/a n/a 71,939 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) * Of the 22,549 Deferred Shares referred to under Total Beneficial Interests for Mr Durante, a total of 11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will be cash settled by, Souza Cruz S.A, a British American Tobacco subsidiary company. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 17,128,154 Shares. Miss I A M B de Minvielle Devaux Assistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 ENQUIRIES: Investor Relations: Ralph Edmondson 020 7845 1180 Press Office: David Betteridge / Catherine Armstrong/ Emily Brand 020 7845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange