Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0402K

British American Tobacco PLC

12 December 2008

 



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

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