Director Shareholding

22 Jun 2005 16:49

British American Tobacco PLC22 June 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 22 June 2005 that on 20 June 2005 it had released 1,269British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to aparticipant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. Theparticipant in respect of whom the shares were released is not a director ofBritish American Tobacco p.l.c. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,620,045 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