Director Shareholding

23 May 2005 10:46

British American Tobacco PLC23 May 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 20 May 2005 that it had purchased 3,020,000 BritishAmerican Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") on 19 May 2005 at aprice of 1044.2041p per Share to satisfy the future release of awards under theCompany's long term incentive plan. On the same date, the independent trustee notified the Company that it hadreleased: a) 20,993 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; and b) 4,147 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary Shares (the " Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 25,059,001 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange