Director/PDMR Shareholding

13 Mar 2006 08:26

British American Tobacco PLC13 March 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 10 March 2006 that it had between 8 March 2006 and 10March 2006 released: a) 35,868 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; b) 1,241 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and c) 14,402 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 21,847,927 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. A C Girling Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange