Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
11 September 2003

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 10 September 2003 that it had on 9 September 2003:



a)         released 12,856 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share
Bonus Scheme.



b)         disposed of 15,289 Shares to satisfy the exercise of options under
the Company's share option scheme.



The participants to whom shares were released or in respect of whom the disposal
of shares were made are 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 32,879,507 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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