Director Shareholding

31 Jan 2005 13:34

British American Tobacco PLC31 January 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 31 January 2005 that it had between 27 January 2005 and28 January 2005 released a total of 37,822 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25pOrdinary Shares ("the Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under theCompany'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 26,297,540 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