22nd Feb 2005 10:00
British American Tobacco PLC22 February 2005 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 21 February 2005 that it had on 18 February 2005released 25,635 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares ("the Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. The participant to whom shares were released is not a director of BritishAmerican Tobacco p.l.c. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 25,964,197 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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