Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC 23 April 2002 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 22 April 2002 that it had on 22 April 2002 released 101,430 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan. The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 36,141,465 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiaries and are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr P N Adams, Mr M F Broughton, Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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