Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC 09 July 2004 DIRECTORS' INTERESTS The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust notified the Company on 9 July 2004 that it had on 7 July 2004 released 18,574 Shares to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 30,312,329 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 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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