Director/PDMR Shareholding

14 Jul 2005 15:22

British American Tobacco PLC14 July 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 14 July 2005 that it had between 11 July 2005 and 13July 2005 released: a) 44,758 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; b) 56,666 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share BonusScheme; and c) 51,279 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,255,796 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 on the above mentioned date: 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