Holding(s) in Company

British American Tobacco PLC
22 January 2004

Holding in Company



British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") has been informed, by a letter
dated 21 January 2004, that with reference to the Company's share purchase
programme and the consequent reduction in the number of ordinary shares of 25p
in the Company ("the Shares") in issue, as at 9 December 2003, R & R Holdings SA
had a notifiable interest (for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act
1985) in 604,336,627 Shares representing 29.00% of the issued ordinary share
capital of 2,083,608,959 Shares.



R & R Holdings SA is the registered holder of the number of Shares indicated
above.



Contact:

G C W Cunnington

Assistant Secretary

T: 020 7845 1925




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