Director/PDMR Shareholding

22 Jun 2006 13:42

British American Tobacco PLC22 June 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 22 June 2006 that it had between 20 June 2006 and 21June 2006 released: a) 718 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; b) 2,083 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) 21,090 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 20,973,229 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. I A M B de Minvielle Devaux Assistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange