Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8507E

British American Tobacco PLC

13 April 2011

 

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 and Transparency Rules.

1.    The Company was notified on 12 April 2011 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 2011 ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded to the Executive Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (together the "Participants") 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 2538.5 pence per Share.

The number of Shares awarded to each Participant, together with their interests following the transaction, are as follows:

Participant	British American Tobacco Shares Awarded	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
N Durante	102	183,288 (including 68,225 Deferred Shares)
J B Stevens	102	143,745 (including 65,741 Deferred Shares)
J P Daly	102	64,854 (including 41,585 Deferred Shares)
J Bowles	102	34,834 (including 17,893 Deferred Shares)
M M Cobben	102	147,251 (including 31,776 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	102	47,359 (including 27,572 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	102	59,246 (including 31,874 Deferred Shares)
J-M Levy	102	50,113 (including 30,464 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	102	18,819 (including 14,135 Deferred Shares)
M C T Prideaux	102	122,071 (including 36,367 Deferred Shares)
P H Taylor	102	151,553 (including 32,795 Deferred Shares)
N R Withington	102	153,533 (including 36,367 Deferred Shares)

2.    The Company was notified on 12 April 2011 by the trustee of the British American Tobacco International Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") (the "Trustee") that on 4 April 2011 (the vesting date of 2 April 2011 not being a business day) ordinary shares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") were awarded as dividend shares to the Executive Director and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (the "Participants") listed below and, further, awards of Shares made in 2008 had vested in accordance with the rules of the Plan (the "Vesting Awards"):-

Participant	No. of dividend shares awarded on 4 April 2011	Total Beneficial and Family Interests following this Notification
J P Daly	10	64,864 (including 41,585 Deferred Shares)
D S Fell	10	47,369 (including 27,572 Deferred Shares)
A M Gray	10	59,256 (including 31,874 Deferred Shares)
D J Naughton	10	18,829 (including 14,135 Deferred Shares)

Note: the Vesting Awards, being 93 Shares for each of Messrs Daly, Fell, Gray and Naughton, have been reported as a beneficial interest since they were granted (or date of appointment as a PDMR, whichever is appropriate) and these, together with the dividend shares awarded on 4 April 2011, are being held under the Participants' names in the corporate nominee account administered by the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC.  Therefore, the increase in each Participant's beneficial and family interests is the award of the dividend shares.

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

Bridget Creegan

Assistant Secretary

Tel: [phone]

13 April 2011

Enquiries:

Investor Relations
Ralph Edmondson/Maya Farhat                                 [phone]/1977

British American Tobacco Press Office
Kate Matrunola/Cat Armstrong/Christina Dona          [phone]

 

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