Director/PDMR Shareholding

11 Aug 2006 15:10

British American Tobacco PLC11 August 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 11 August 2006 that it had on 11 August 2006 released22,160 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") toparticipants 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 20,218,636 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. IAMB de Minvielle DevauxAssistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange