15th Jan 2007 15:13
British American Tobacco PLC15 January 2007 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 15 January 2007 that it had between 12 January 2007 and15 January 2007 released: a) 13,779 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; and b) 44,283 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 19,089,967 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. Miss I A M B de Minvielle DevauxDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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