Director/PDMR Shareholding

24 Mar 2006 16:52

British American Tobacco PLC24 March 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 23 March 2006 that between 22 and 23 March 2006 it hadpurchased 2,260,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") at a price of 1435.88p per Share to satisfy the future release ofawards under the Company's long term incentive plan and deferred share bonusscheme. In addition, the independent trustee of the British American Tobacco GroupEmployee Trust notified the Company on 24 March 2006 that between 21 and 22March 2006 it had released: a) 1,132 Shares to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; b) 145,317 Shares to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; and c) 798,820 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 22,601,859 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 on the above mentioned dates: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. A C GirlingDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange