4th Apr 2007 16:04
British American Tobacco PLC04 April 2007 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 4 April 2007 that it had between 2 April 2007 and 4April 2007 released: a) 66,003 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; b) 29,910 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and c) 32,767 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 16,042,079 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. I A M B de Minvielle DevauxAssistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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