Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
22 June 2005


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 22 June 2005 that on 20 June 2005 it had released 1,269
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a
participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. The
participant in respect of whom the shares were released is not a director 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 24,620,045 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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