Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 June 2004

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 16 June 2004 that it had on 15 June 2004 released 11,112
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a
participant 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 these transactions, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 31,194,502 Shares.  The following
executive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiaries
and are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr M F Broughton, Mr P N Adams,
Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.


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