Director Shareholding

21 Jun 2005 15:36

British American Tobacco PLC21 June 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 21 June 2005 that on 17 June 2005 it had disposed of7,100 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") tosatisfy the exercise of options under the Company's executive share optionscheme. The participant in respect of whom the disposal of shares was made isnot 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 24,621,314 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