Additional Listing

British American Tobacco PLC
16 December 2005



Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for a block listing of 2,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each under the
British American Tobacco Sharesave Scheme, to trade on the London Stock Exchange
and to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance. The shares shall rank
pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Company.



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