Director Shareholding

31 Mar 2005 10:44

British American Tobacco PLC31 March 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 29 March 2005 that it had between 21 March 2005 and 24March 2005 released a total of 836,218 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25pordinary shares (the Shares") to satisfy awards made under the Company's LongTerm Incentive Plan and the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. 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 24,081,755 Shares. The followingexecutive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiariesand are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr P N Adams, Mr A Monteiro deCastro and Mr P A Rayner. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange