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British American Tobacco PLC02 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of theDisclosure Rules sourcebook. The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 2 March 2007 that it had on 2 March 2007 released 28,421British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") to Mr NDurante, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and a participant inthe British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. Following this transaction, Mr Durante has a total beneficial and familyinterest in 87,309 Shares (including 17,835 Deferred Shares, of which a total of11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will be cash settled by, SouzaCruz SA, a British American Tobacco subsidiary company). Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 18,693,950 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. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: I A M B de Minvielle Devaux Assistant Company Secretary 0207 845 1945 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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