Result of AGM

British American Tobacco PLC
28 April 2005

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Results of Voting at the Annual General Meeting held on 28 April 2005

Resolution                                                                 For          Against       Withheld
Resolution 1:
To receive the 2004 Report & Accounts                                 1,383,096,761    11,736,667    27,602,299

Resolution 2:
To approve the 2004 Remuneration Report                               1,405,192,868     6,357,517    10,885,344

Resolution 3:
To declare a final dividend for 2004 of 29.2p per share               1,420,276,957        15,719     2,079,052

Resolution 4:
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                   1,403,491,533     7,147,885    11,795,936

Resolution 5:
To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors' remuneration        1,418,193,435     2,038,492     2,203,365

Resolution 6a:
To reappoint Kenneth Clarke as a Director                             1,408,734,304     1,808,579    11,892,457

Resolution 6b:
To reappoint Paul Rayner as a Director                                1,417,288,347     2,824,599     2,322,412

Resolution 6c:
To reappoint Thys Visser as a Director                                1,413,961,820     6,159,617     2,294,562

Resolution 7a:
To reappoint Piet Beyers as a Director                                1,414,820,284     5,281,232     2,319,713

Resolution 7b:
To reappoint Robert Lerwill as a Director                             1,384,403,183    26,072,701    11,940,114

Resolution 7c:
To reappoint Sir Nicholas Scheele as a Director                       1,416,982,750     3,129,020     2,309,459

Resolution 8:
To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares                     1,410,629,187     9,509,239     2,213,577

Resolution 9 (Special Resolution):
To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption             1,415,238,680     6,920,288       255,431
rights

Resolution 10 (Special Resolution):
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                   1,418,733,094     1,312,436     2,325,827

Resolution 11:
To authorise the Company to make political donations and
to incur political expenditure in the European Union                  1,376,103,983    18,159,013    28,084,516

Resolution 12:
To amend the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan                    1,404,724,625    15,188,456     2,519,101


Shares in issue: 2,135,719,282

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