11th Dec 2006 15:57
British American Tobacco PLC11 December 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 11 December 2006 that it had on 8 December 2006released: a) 976 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; and b) 2,569 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share BonusScheme; Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,404,367 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 Devaux Assistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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