Director Shareholding

3 Jun 2005 14:47

British American Tobacco PLC03 June 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 3 June 2005 that it had between 26 May 2005 and 1 June2005 released 81,997 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares ("theShares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share optionscheme. The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of BritishAmerican Tobacco p.l.c. In addition, the independent trustee of the British American Tobacco GroupEmployee Trust notified the Company on 2 June 2005 that on 1 June 2005 18,661Shares released in error during May 2005 had been returned to the Trust. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,805,766 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