12th Dec 2008 13:00
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The Company was notified on 12 December 2008 that, in a series of transactions during the Reinet rights offer, on or before 5 December 2008, Mr M H Visser, a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company"), exchanged 21,284 ordinary shares in the Company (the "Shares") for Reinet shares.
Following these transactions Mr Visser's interests in the Shares of the Company are as follows:-
(1) 44,762 Shares held in the name of Mr Visser;
(2) 162,922 Shares held in the name of The Remgro Share Trust in which Mr Visser has a beneficial interest as a member of The Remgro Share Scheme; and
(3) 389,782 Shares held by the trustees of family trusts which, for the purposes of this notification, are persons connected with Mr Visser who is one of the beneficiaries under those trusts.
Following these transactions, Mr Visser has a total beneficial and family interest of 597,466 Shares in the Company.
Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:
Ann Griffiths
Assistant Secretary
12 December 2008
0207 845 1920
Investor Relations:
Ralph Edmondson 020 7845 1180
Press Office:
David Betteridge/Kate Matrunola 020 7845 2888
Related Shares:
British American Tobacco