Director/PDMR Shareholding

17 Mar 2006 14:40

British American Tobacco PLC17 March 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 17 March 2006 that between 15 and 16 March 2006 it hadpurchased 1,540,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") at a price of 1443.1266p per Share to satisfy the future release ofawards under the Company's long term incentive plan and deferred share bonusscheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,282,556 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 dates: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner 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