Director Declaration

British American Tobacco PLC
30 March 2005

DIRECTOR DECLARATION

To comply with paragraph 16.4 of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules, we
confirm that Sir Nicholas Scheele, who was appointed a Non-Executive Director of
British American Tobacco p.l.c. with effect from 28 February 2005, has been a
director of the following companies which are publicly listed as shown below:


Company                 Dates                               Listed
FordWerke AG            April 1999 to July 2001             Germany
Ford Motor Company      October 2001 to February 2005       United States


Further, there are no matters required by paragraphs 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the
Listing Rules to be disclosed by him.



G C W Cunnington
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.

020 7845 1925

30 March 2005


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