Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8067P

British American Tobacco PLC

04 October 2013

 

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 Rules and Transparency Rules.

1.    With reference to an announcement made on 23 September 2013 in relation to the sale of 6,244 British American Tobacco p.l.c. shares (the "Shares") by Mrs J Gray, a person connected with Mr A M Gray, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, the Company has since been notified that the Shares were sold at a price of 3,388.898 pence per Share and not 3,387.5 pence per Share as previously disclosed.

2.    The Company was notified on 3 October 2013 of the following change in the interests in ordinary shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. in respect of the undermentioned executive director and person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") arising from the purchase of ordinary shares at a price of 3,268.2142 pence per ordinary share on 1 October 2013 through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP"):

PDMR	Date of Original Entry into DRIP	Number of Ordinary Shares Acquired per Interim Dividend
N Durante	May 2005	21

3.    The Company was notified on 3 October 2013 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 1 October 2013 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were purchased for the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities (together the "Participants") at a price of 3,268.2142 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trustee in accordance with the UK Plan.

The number of Shares purchased by each Participant in the UK Plan was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Purchased
N Durante	19
J B Stevens	9
J P Daly	4
J Bowles	3
A Davy	2
G Giordano	3
A M Gray	8
J-M Levy	7
D J Naughton	8
D O'Reilly	15
N K Sethi	11
K Wheaton	4
N R Withington	55

4.    The Company was notified on 3 October 2013 that on 1 October 2013 the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities (together the "Participants") acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") at a price of 3,268.2142 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of the cash equivalent of the Company's 2013 interim dividend on shares held on their behalf by Computershare Company Nominees Limited as administrator of the Company's vested share account.

The number of Shares acquired by each Participant was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Acquired
N Durante	111
J P Daly	1
J Bowles	96
A Davy	1
D J Naughton	141
R Oberlander	270
D O'Reilly	28
N K Sethi	127
K Wheaton	1
N R Withington	192

5.    The Company was notified on 4 October 2013 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan that on 2 October 2013 the following Executive Director and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") had purchased ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") by way of the Partnership Share Scheme at a price of 3,189.099 pence per Share.

The number of Shares purchased by each Participant are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Purchased
N Durante	4
G Giordano	4
N R Withington	4

6.    Following the above transactions, the total beneficial and family interests in British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares of the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities was as follows:

Participant	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
N Durante	239,112 (including 78,706 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	121,200 (including 61,822 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	96,209 (including 51,137 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	49,643 (including 25,420 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	32,948 (including 8,367 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	13,444 (including 13,220 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	99,475 (including 27,289 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	48,385 (including 28,531 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	32,343 (including 21,296 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	34,717 (including 8,792 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	16,104 (including 10,518 Deferred Shares)
N K Sethi	36,640* (including 12,781 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	19,216* (including 12,797 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	148,686 (including 29,190 Deferred Shares)

*These balances have been adjusted to take account of an understatement of 8 shares made in announcements since 4 April 2013.

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

B M Creegan

Assistant Secretary

Tel: [phone]

4 October 2013

Enquiries:

Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley      [phone]/1519

British American Tobacco Press Office
Will Hill                                                [phone]

 

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