Director Declaration

20 Mar 2006 15:32

British American Tobacco PLC20 March 2006 To comply with paragraph 9.6.13 of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules, weconfirm that Mr Anthony Ruys, who was appointed a Non-Executive Director ofBritish American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") with effect from 1 March 2006,is/was a director the following companies which are/were publicly listed asshown below: Current Directorship Company Name Listed ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Euronext, Amsterdam and (supervisory board) New York Stock Exchange GTech Holdings Inc. New York Stock Exchange Past Directorships (in last 5 years) Company Name Listed Heineken N.V. Euronext, Amsterdam (Mr Ruys was on the Executive Board of Heineken for 12 years of which 6 years were as Vice-Chairman and 3 years as Chairman until his retirement in October 2005; he was not a member of the Heineken supervisory board.) In addition, there are no matters required by paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) to (6) ofthe Listing Rules to be disclosed by him. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Geoffrey Cunnington, Deputy Company Secretary, 0207 845 1925 20 March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange