Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
23 June 2004


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 23 June 2004 that it had on 21 June 2004 and 22 June
2004 released 61,495 Shares to satisfy the exercise of options under the
Company's share option 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 31,059,866 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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