Director Shareholding

22 Mar 2005 15:17

British American Tobacco PLC22 March 2005 DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 21 March 2005 that it had on the same day released796,283 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") toparticipants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. Of theseShares, a total of 140,913 Shares were released to the following Directors ofBritish American Tobacco p.l.c. as follows: Shares Total Beneficial and Released No of Shares Family Interests From 2002 sold at 927.6851p following this Director LTIP Award per Share Notification P N Adams 54,199 54,199 224,142 (including 150,153 Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 43,359 43,359 137,250 (including 97,702 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 43,355 43,355 232,526 (including 96,491 Deferred Shares) Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,976,863 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. ENQUIRIES: Investor Relations:Ralph Edmondson 020 7845 1180 Press Office:David Betteridge / Teresa La Thangue / Emily Brand 020 7845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange