British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
On 29 March 2019 the independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust released the following number of British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") granted to the following Executive Director and persons discharging managerial responsibilities under the 2016 Deferred Share Bonus Scheme ("2016 Award"). Subsequent sales of shares are also set out below.
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name | John Benedict Stevens
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| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Finance Director | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | ||||
| 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
Identification code
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Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Shares released under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2016 Award) | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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19,468
£40.08 | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 2019-03-29 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| Transaction 2 | ||||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to meet tax liability arising on vesting of Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2016 Award) | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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9,154
£31.94
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 2019-03-29 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Hae In Kim
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| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Director, Talent and Culture (from 1 April 2019), previously Director, Talent and Culture Designate (until 31 March 2019) | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each GB0002875804 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Shares released under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2016 Award) | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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1,701
£40.08
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 2019-03-29 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Guy Meldrum
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| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | ||||
| 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
Identification code
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Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Shares released under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (2016 Award) | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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3,574
£40.08
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 2019-03-29 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Sophie Kerr Date of notification: 3 April 2019 |