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British American Tobacco PLC09 January 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 6 January 2006 that it had between 3 January 2006 and 4January 2006 released: a) 45,794 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; b) 59,432 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share BonusScheme; and c) 27,415 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 22,618,423 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 Girling Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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