Director/PDMR Shareholding

30 Aug 2005 16:22

British American Tobacco PLC30 August 2005 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of theDisclosure Rules sourcebook. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 30 August 2005 that it had on 26 August 2005 released9,408 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") to Mr RKindts, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, following Mr Kindts'sexercise on 26 August 2005 of an award made under the British American TobaccoLong Term Incentive Plan. Of the 9,408 Shares released to Mr Kindts, 3,871 were sold on behalf of MrKindts at a price of 1106p per Share to meet tax liabilities and dealing costs. Following this transaction, Mr Kindts has a total beneficial and family interestin 48,394 Shares (including 17,160 Deferred Shares). Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,812,151 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. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: A C GirlingDeputy Company Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange