Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
18 February 2005


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 18 February 2005 that between 15 February 2005 and 17
February 2005 it had disposed of 47,080 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p
ordinary shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the
Company's executive share option scheme. The participant in respect of whom the
disposal of shares was made is not a director of British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 25,989,832 Shares. The following
executive directors, together with other employees, are potential beneficiaries
and are therefore treated as having an interest: Mr P N Adams, Mr P A Rayner and
Mr A Monteiro de Castro.




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