Director/PDMR Shareholding

20 Sep 2005 14:21

British American Tobacco PLC20 September 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 20 September 2005 that it had on 19 September 2005released: a) 9,910 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; b) 1,152 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and c) 9,189 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,645,331 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 GirlingDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange