Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
29 April 2003




DIRECTORS' INTERESTS


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 29 April 2003 that between 23 April and 25 April it had:



a)   released 79,396 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
     (the "Shares") in accordance with the British American Tobacco Long Term
     Incentive Plan.



b)   disposed of 30,945 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary
     shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the 
     Company's share option 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 35,103,532 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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