Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
27 June 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 26 June 2002 that it had on 26 June 2002 released 15,426
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a
participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. The
participant to whom shares were released is not a director 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 34,669,156 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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