Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8367J

British American Tobacco PLC

07 April 2010

 



NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF 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.

1.    The Company was notified on 6 April 2010 by the trustees of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan and the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (together the "Plans") that on 1 April 2010 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded to the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") listed below by way of the Share Reward Scheme and the International Share Reward Scheme respectively (the Free Shares element of the Plans) at a price of 2278.5 pence per Share.

The number of Shares awarded to each Participant, together with their interests following the transaction, are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Awarded	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
P N Adams	89	287,622 (including 125,628 Deferred Shares)
N Durante	89	159,081 (including 52,197 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	89	126,537 (including 48,694 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	22	36,894 (including 13,537 Deferred Shares)
M M Cobben	89	141,550 (including 26,116 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	89	51,263* (including 29,624 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	89	39,618 (including 22,228 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	89	54,650 (including 27,389 Deferred Shares)
R Kindts	89	125,737 (including 27,074 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	89	43,406 (including 23,866 Deferred Shares)
M C T Prideaux	89	116,887 (including 31,428 Deferred Shares)
P H Taylor	89	180,576 (including 28,262 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	89	144,790 (including 31,428 Deferred Shares)

* Includes restated balance since the last announcement for Mr J P Daly made on 26 March 2010.

2.    The Company was notified on 6 April 2010 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") (the "Trustee") that on 6 April 2010 (the vesting date of 2 April 2010 not being a business day) ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded as dividend shares to the persons discharging managerial responsibility (the "Participants") listed below and, further, awards of Shares made in 2007 had vested in accordance with the rules of the Plan (the "Vesting Awards"):-

Participant	No. of dividend shares awarded on 6 April 2010	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
M M Cobben	17	141,567 (including 26,116 Deferred Shares) (see Note below)
J P Daly	17	51,280 (including 29,624 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	17	39,635 (including 22,228 Deferred Shares)

Note: the Vesting Awards, being 171 Shares for each of Messrs Cobben, Daly and Fell have been reported as a beneficial interest since they were granted (or date of appointment as a PDMR, whichever is appropriate) and these, together with the dividend shares awarded on 6 April 2010, are being held under the Participants' names in the corporate nominee account administered by the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC.

Therefore, the increase in each Participant's beneficial and family interests is the award of the dividend shares, with the exception of Mr M M Cobben who, at the time of the Vesting Awards, sold 93 Shares to cover tax liability.  His total beneficial and family interest after both the above transactions is 141,474 (including 26,116 Deferred Shares).

Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: 

B M Creegan

Assistant Secretary

Tel: [phone]

7 April 2010

ENQUIRIES:

Investor Relations:

Ralph Edmondson                  020 7845 1180

Press Office:

David Betteridge/Elif Boutlu    020 7845 2888

 

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