Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9390T
British American Tobacco PLC
10 October 2014
 

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

 

Notifications made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

 

1.      The Company was notified on 8 October 2014 that on 6 October 2014 the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "Participants") acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") at a price of 3,499 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of income by their ISA Manager.

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

 

Participant 

British American Tobacco Shares Acquired

A Davy

52

N R Withington

113

 

2.      The Company was notified on 9 October 2014 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "UK Plan") that on 30 September 2014 the following Executive Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. at a price of 3,483.242 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of dividends by the trustee in accordance with the UK Plan.

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

 

Participant 

British American Tobacco Shares Acquired

N Durante

21

J B Stevens

7

J Bowles

3

A Davy

3

G Giordano

5

A M Gray

7

J-M Levy

8

T L Marroco

1

D J Naughton

9

R Oberlander

2

D O'Reilly

16

N K Sethi

12

K Wheaton

5

N R Withington

58

 

3.      The Company was notified on 9 October 2014 that on 30 September 2014 the following Executive Director and persons discharging managerial responsibilities acquired ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. at a price of 3,483.242 pence per Share as a result of the reinvestment of the cash equivalent of the Company's 2014 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

273

J Bowles

99

A Davy

3

D J Naughton

195

R Oberlander

322

D O'Reilly

50

N K Sethi

98

K Wheaton

37

N R Withington

198

 

4.      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

256,961 (including 84,116 Deferred Shares)

J B Stevens

116,357 (including 56,476 Deferred Shares)

J Bowles

48,859 (including 24,254 Deferred Shares)

A Davy

38,921* (including 10,415 Deferred Shares) 

G Giordano

24,746 (including 21,392 Deferred Shares)

A M Gray

104,382 (including 25,506 Deferred Shares)

J-M Levy

46,372 (including 26,422 Deferred Shares)

T L Marroco

19,085 (including 8,638 Deferred Shares)

D J Naughton

36,867 (including 21,601 Deferred Shares)

R Oberlander

42,190 (including 12,182 Deferred Shares)

D O'Reilly

20,379 (including 13,013 Deferred Shares)

N K Sethi

40,602 (including 16,334 Deferred Shares)

K Wheaton

23,638 (including 14,436 Deferred Shares)

N R Withington

147,488* (including 26,172 Deferred Shares)

*    These balances have been adjusted following a reconciliation of shares accrued as a result of the reinvestment of income by their ISA Manager.

 

 

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

 

B M Creegan

Assistant Secretary

Tel: 020 7845 1927

 

10 October 2014

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley +44 20 7845 1180/1519

 

British American Tobacco Press Office
Will Hill                                                                +44 20 7845 2888

 


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