Director/PDMR Shareholding

18 Aug 2006 16:16

British American Tobacco PLC18 August 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 18 August 2006 that on 17 August 2006 it had released16,127 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") tosatisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,123,659 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. Mrs Anne GirlingDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange