18th Nov 2005 15:19
British American Tobacco PLC18 November 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 18 November 2005 that it had between 16 November 2005and 17 November 2005 released: a) 18,565 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) 52,255 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 23,019,918 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. 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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