Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC 01 August 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 1 August 2006 that on 31 July 2006 it had released 6,325 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,472,137 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiaries under the trust, and are therefore deemed to be technically interested for Companies Act purposes but were not connected with the transaction that took place on the above mentioned date: Mr P N Adams, Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. Miss IAMB de Minvielle Devaux Assistant Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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