26th Aug 2005 15:54
British American Tobacco PLC26 August 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 26 August 2005 that between 24 August 2005 and 25 August2005 it had released 4,200 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares(the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's shareoption scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,821,559 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. A C GirlingDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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