British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

10 Feb 2005 10:43

British American Tobacco PLC10 February 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 9 February 2005 that it had between 8 February 2005 and9 February 2005 released: a) 15,464 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term IncentivePlan; b) 10,621 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share BonusScheme; and c) 11,850 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of BritishAmerican Tobacco p.l.c. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 26,074,939 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, arepotential beneficiaries and are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr P NAdams, Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange