18th Sep 2006 09:39
British American Tobacco PLC18 September 2006 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 Company was notified on 15 September 2006 by the trustee of the BritishAmerican Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") that on 13 September2006 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were purchased for the following executive directors and other personsdischarging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") at a priceof 1499.6p per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trusteein accordance with the Plan. The number of Shares purchased by each Participant, together with theirinterests following the transaction, are as follows: Participant British American Total Beneficial and Family Tobacco Shares Interests following this Purchased Notification P N Adams 24 261,979 (including 118,611 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 4 255,708 (including 75,889 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 20 166,353 (including 82,821 Deferred Shares) M C T Prideaux 24 94,506 (including 35,974 Deferred Shares) J Rembiszewski 24 58,479 (including 50,863 Deferred Shares) J B Stevens 10 54,471 (including 34,741 Deferred Shares) R Kindts 3 57,829 (including 18,872 Deferred Shares) P H Taylor 24 127,504 (including 29,354 Deferred Shares) N R Withington 24 76,164 (including 35,974 Deferred Shares) Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: IAMB de Minvielle Devaux, Assistant Company Secretary, 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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