13th Oct 2005 15:01
British American Tobacco PLC13 October 2005 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 13 October 2005 that on 12 October 2005 it had released5,711 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") tosatisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,473,674 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. Mrs A C GirlingDeputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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