BAT Sale of Trademarks

British American Tobacco PLC
29 April 2005



           British American Tobacco Sells Trademarks to Gallaher Plc

British American Tobacco has sold to Gallaher Plc the Benson & Hedges and Silk
Cut trademarks in Malta and Cyprus (North and South), and the Silk Cut trademark
in Lithuania for a cash sum of £70 million.

The transactions are in accordance with contracts of 1993 and 1994 in which
Gallaher agreed to acquire these trademarks in European Union states.  The
recent accession of Malta, Cyprus and Lithuania necessitated today's sale.

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Notes to Editors

In 1993 and 1994 British American Tobacco entered into a series of agreements
with American Brands (Gallaher's then parent company) to simplify ownership
rights of Lucky Strike, Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut.  Broadly, British American
Tobacco gained ownership of all of American Brands' Lucky Strike rights and
Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut outside of the EU.  Gallaher obtained ownership of
Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut within the European Union.  These contracts also
provided that Gallaher would acquire British American Tobacco's Benson & Hedges
and Silk Cut rights in countries that joined the EU.


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