British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

21 Apr 2006 15:14

British American Tobacco PLC21 April 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 21 April 2006 that it had between 19 April 2006 and 21April 2006 released: a) 11,041 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; and b) 68,046 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 21,781,321 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potentialbeneficiaries under the trust, and are therefore deemed to be technicallyinterested for Companies Act purposes but were not connected with thetransactions that took place between the above mentioned dates: Mr P N Adams,Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. Mr G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1925 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange