British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

16 Mar 2005 14:17

British American Tobacco PLC16 March 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS On 16 March 2005, the Company granted an award of British American Tobaccop.l.c. 25p ordinary shares to the directors of British American Tobacco listedbelow under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme at an award price of 929p per Share. Awards under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme are conditional awards of shareswhich are held in trust for three years and no further performance conditionsapply in that period. Director Deferred Shares Total Beneficial Awarded Interests following this Notification P N Adams 37,742 278,341 (including 150,153 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 26,641 275,881 (including 96,491 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 23,977 180,609 (including 97,702 Deferred Shares) ENQUIRIES: Investor Relations: Ralph Edmondson 020 7845 1180 Press Office: David Betteridge / Teresa La Thangue 020 7845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange