Director Shareholding

18 Feb 2005 11:59

British American Tobacco PLC18 February 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 18 February 2005 that between 15 February 2005 and 17February 2005 it had disposed of 47,080 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25pordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under theCompany's executive share option scheme. The participant in respect of whom thedisposal of shares was made is not a director of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 25,989,832 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