Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
09 May 2003

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 9 May 2003 that between 6 May and 8 May it had:



a)         released 119,824 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 61,907 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 20,269 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 34,842,965 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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