Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
22 May 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 21 May 2002 that it had between 20 and 21 May 2002


a) released 45,034 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
   (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term
   Incentive Plan.


b) disposed of 26,178 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary
   shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's
   share option scheme.


c) released 26,446 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
   (the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred 
   Share Bonus Scheme.


The participants to whom the shares were released or disposed of were 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 35,260,589 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 M F Broughton,
Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



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