Do the following sentences say the same thing?

Antonio Monteiro de Castro, 58, currently director of the group's Latin America & Caribbean operations, will become chief operating officer from the same date.
BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.

Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
4