14th Mar 2007 09:14
British American Tobacco PLC14 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Section 324 (as extended by Section 328) ofthe Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rulessourcebook. The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 13 March 2007 that on 13 March 2007 it had purchased500,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") at aprice of 1554p per Share to satisfy the future release of awards under theCompany's Long Term Incentive Plan and Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,100,942 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 thetransaction 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:Anne Girling, Deputy Company Secretary, 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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