British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

4 Feb 2005 11:15

British American Tobacco PLC04 February 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 3 February 2005 that it had between 2 February 2005 and3 February 2005 released: a) 21,659 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and b) 20,321 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. 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 26,181,695 Shares. The followingexecutive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiariesand are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr P N Adams, Mr P A Rayner andMr A Monteiro de Castro. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange