Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
02 May 2003


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 2 May 2003 that it had on 1 May 2003 disposed of 10,506
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 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 35,076,792 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 A Monteiro de Castro and Mr P A Rayner.


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