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