Director/PDMR Shareholding

4 Aug 2005 14:05

British American Tobacco PLC04 August 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 3 August 2005 that it had between 1 August 2005 and 2August 2005 released: a) 15,891 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; b) 31,547 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and c) 15,856 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 23,988,610 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 GirlingDeputy Company Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange