Director Shareholding

4 Apr 2005 15:06

British American Tobacco PLC04 April 2005 DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS The Company was notified on 4 April 2005 by the trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "Plan") that on 1 April 2005 ordinaryshares of 25p each in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") wereawarded to the following Directors by way of the Share Reward Scheme (the FreeShares element of the Plan) at a price of 930.5p per Share. The number of Shares awarded to each Director, together with their interestsfollowing this transaction, is as follows: Director British American Total Beneficial Tobacco Shares Interests following this Awarded Notification P N Adams 154 268,387 (including 125,517 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 154 256,328 (including 76,784 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 154 166,216 (including 83,155 Deferred Shares) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange