Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4081U

British American Tobacco PLC

06 April 2016

 

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 5 April 2016 that the independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust had on 31 March 2016 released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") granted to the following person discharging managerial responsibilities under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2013 LTIP"):

Participant	Total No. of Shares under 2013 LTIP Award	No. of Shares Lapsed	No. of Shares released from 2013 LTIP Award	No. of Shares Sold	Price at which Shares sold (pence)	Net No. of Shares acquired
J Vandermeulen	6,518	5,867	651	651	4,075.00	0

            Mr Vandermeulen's 2013 LTIP Award will be cash settled by the Company.

2.       The Company was notified on 5 April 2016 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 2016 Shares were awarded to the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities 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 4,090 pence per Share.

The number of Shares awarded to each Participant was as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Awarded
N Durante	88
J B Stevens	88
J B Abelman	88
J Bowles	88
A Davy	88
G Giordano	88
A M Gray	88
T L Marroco	88
R Oberlander	88
D O'Reilly	88
N K Sethi	88
J Vandermeulen	88
K Wheaton	88

3.       The Company was notified on 5 April 2016 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") (the "Trustee") that on 4 April 2016 awards of Shares made under the 2013 International Share Reward Scheme ("ISRS") had vested and, in accordance with the rules of the Plan, the Trustee had transferred accrued dividend shares to the person discharging managerial responsibilities as follows:

Participant	Shares vested under 2013 ISRS Award	Dividend Shares Transferred	No. of Shares sold	Price at which Shares sold (pence)	Net No. of Shares acquired
J Bowles	71	5	35	4,098.00	41

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

Participant	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
N Durante	280,858 (including 76,575 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	106,327 (including 50,556 Deferred Shares)
J B Abelman	43,407 (including 13,215 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	55,391 (including 27,173 Deferred Shares)
A Davy	43,298 (including 19,302 Deferred Shares)
G Giordano	40,703 (including 26,060 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	64,605 (including 27,848 Deferred Shares)
T L Marroco	24,239 (including 14,290 Deferred Shares)
R Oberlander	57,928 (including 22,370 Deferred Shares)
D O'Reilly	28,252 (including 18,132 Deferred Shares)
N Sethi	54,020 (including 22,442 Deferred Shares)
J Vandermeulen	17,759 (including 17,443 Deferred Shares)
K Wheaton	22,414 (including 20,037 Deferred Shares)

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

B M Creegan

Assistant Secretary

6 April 2016

Enquiries:

Investor Relations

Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley      [phone]/1519

British American Tobacco Press Office

Will Hill/Anna Vickerstaff                     [phone]

 

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