6 Jul 2005 16:15
British American Tobacco PLC06 July 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS/PDMR SHAREHOLDING The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 6 July 2005 that on 1 July 2005 it had released a totalof 29,364 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") toparticipants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,419,255 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potentialbeneficiaries under the trust, and are therefore deemed to be technicallyinterested for Companies Act purposes but were not connected with thetransactions that took place on the above mentioned date: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary 6 July 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange