23rd Jun 2006 16:22
British American Tobacco PLC23 June 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 23 June 2006 that it had on 23 June 2006 released 725British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to aparticipant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,972,504 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. IAMB de Minvielle DevauxAssistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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