Director/PDMR Shareholding

23 Dec 2005 10:28

British American Tobacco PLC23 December 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 22 December 2005 that on 22 December 2005 it hadreleased 354 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares")to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 22,815,361 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 thetransaction that took place on the above mentioned date: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. Mrs A C Girling Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange