22nd Jun 2006 09:53
British American Tobacco PLC22 June 2006 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 21 June 2006 that it had on 21 June 2006 released 3,500British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") to Mr JPDaly, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and a participant in theBritish American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,997,120 Shares. On the same day, Mr Daly sold 3,500 Shares at a price of 1339p per Share. Following this transaction, Mr Daly has a total beneficial and family interestin 23,809 Shares (including 22,912 Deferred 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. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: I A M B de Minvielle DevauxAssistant Company Secretary 0207 845 1945 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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