3rd May 2006 15:13
British American Tobacco PLC03 May 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 3 May 2006 that between 28 April 2006 and 2 May 2006 ithad released 11,349 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 21,594,574 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 between the above mentioned dates: Mr P N Adams, MrP A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. Mr 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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