11th Sep 2006 10:48
British American Tobacco PLC11 September 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 8 September 2006 that on 7 September 2006 it hadreleased: a) 9,249 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; b) 4,594 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,928,510 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 between the above mentioned dates: Mr P N Adams,Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1925 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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