4th Sep 2006 16:03
British American Tobacco PLC04 September 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 4 September 2006 that it had on 1 September 2006released: a) 16,576 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) 19,610 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,965,587 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 on the above mentioned date: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner 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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