RNS Number:0073Z
SABMiller PLC
24 May 2004


                                   SABMiller plc

                                Share Award Scheme


The following directors notified the Company on the 24 May 2004 that they had
been granted on the 21 May 2004, by the Trustee of the Company's Employment
Benefit Trust, awards of free restricted shares under the Company's Performance
Share Award Scheme to acquire the numbers of ordinary shares in the Company set
out below on satisfaction of the performance condition.


Director                         Number of Ordinary Shares            Total number of ordinary shares held
                                                                      under Award
                                 granted on 21 May 2004               Scheme as at 21 May 2004
E.A.G. Mackay                           111,352                                689,947
M.I. Wyman                               51,098                                364,960


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