Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
17 February 2003

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 17 February 2003 that it had on 14 February 2003
disposed of 2,200 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's executive share
option scheme. The participant in respect of whom the disposal of shares was
made is not a director of British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 36,148,785  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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