British American Tobacco PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4437Z)

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RNS Number : 4437Z

British American Tobacco PLC

17 May 2019

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company")

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                         Kingsley Wheaton 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status              Chief Marketing Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification         Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                         British American Tobacco p.l.c. 
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 b)   LEI                          213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 
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 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
       for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
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 Transaction 1 
 a)   Description of the 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument            Ordinary shares of 25p each 
 
       Identification code           GB0002875804 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction    Exercise of options under the British 
                                    American Tobacco Long-Term Incentive 
                                    Plan (2016 Award) 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)         Price(s)    Volume(s) 
 
                                       GBPnil      17,947 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume           17,947 
 
       - Price                       GBPnil 
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 e)   Date of the transaction      2019-05-15 
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 f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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 Transaction 2 
 a)   Description of the 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument            Ordinary shares of 25p each 
 
       Identification code           GB0002875804 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction    Sale of shares to meet tax liability 
                                    arising on exercise of Long-Term 
                                    Incentive Plan options 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)         Price(s)     Volume(s) 
 
                                       GBP28.67     8,632 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume           8,632 
 
       - Price                       GBP28.67 
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 e)   Date of the transaction      2019-05-15 
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 f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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 Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: 
  Sophie Kerr 
  Date of notification: 17 May 2019 
 

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