3rd Apr 2007 17:26
British American Tobacco PLC03 April 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Section 324 (as extended by Section 328) ofthe Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rulessourcebook. The Company was notified on 3 April 2007 by the trustees of the British AmericanTobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan and the British American TobaccoInternational Employee Share Ownership Plan (together the "Plans") that on 2April 2007 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded to the executive directors of British American Tobacco andother persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "Participants")listed below by way of the Share Reward Scheme and the International ShareReward Scheme respectively (the Free Shares element of the Plans) at a price of1576p per Share. The number of Shares awarded to each Participant, together with their interestsfollowing this transaction, is as follows: Participant British American Total Beneficial Tobacco Shares Interests following this Awarded Notification P N Adams 171 262,272 (including 118,683 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 171 166,863 (including 74,057 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 171 262,006 (including 81,966 Deferred Shares) J P Daly 171 34,741 (including 27,435 Deferred Shares) N Durante 143 117,275 (including 22,549 Deferred Shares*) R Kindts 171 65,507 (including 23,482 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 171 127,501 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 171 53,152 (including 45,315 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 171 52,093 (including 32,192 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 171 125,311 (including 26,940 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 171 72,110 (including 31,634 Deferred Shares) * Of the 22,549 Deferred Shares referred to under Total Beneficial Interests forMr Durante, a total of 11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will becash settled by, Souza Cruz S.A, a British American Tobacco subsidiary company. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Anne Girling, Deputy Company Secretary, 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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