Director Shareholding

23 Mar 2005 13:07

British American Tobacco PLC23 March 2005 DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 22 March 2005 that it had on 21 March 2005 transferred58,890 British American Tobacco p.l.c. ordinary shares of 25p each (the "Shares") to the following Directors of British American Tobacco p.l.c. in accordancewith the rules of the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme as follows: Shares No of Shares Total Beneficial and Released No of Shares sold at 923p Net Family Interests From 2002 Sold at 923p per Share to No of Shares following this coverDirector DSBS Award per Share tax liability Acquired Notification P N Adams 24,636 n/a 10,108 14,528 214,034 (including 125,517 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro 19,707 19,707 n/a n/a 212,819 (including 76,784de Castro Deferred Shares) P A Rayner 14,547 14,547 n/a n/a 122,703 (including 83,155 Deferred Shares) Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,917,973 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