Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
06 September 2002


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 5 September 2002 that it had on 5 September 2002


a) released 14,886 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term
Incentive Plan; and


b) disposed of 18,050 Shares to satisfy the exercise of options under
the Company's share option scheme.


The participant to whom shares were released or in respect of whom the disposal
of shares were made 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 37,072,629 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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