Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
15 April 2005


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 15 April that between 12 April and 13 April 2005 it had:



a)         released 20,807 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term
Incentive Plan.



b)         released 38,155 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share
option scheme.



The participants to whom shares were released are not directors 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 22,859,445 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 A Monteiro de
Castro and Mr P A Rayner.








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