Holding(s) in Company

British American Tobacco PLC
20 August 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.

    2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

    BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC

    3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
    holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
    non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
    holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

    NON-BENEFICIAL

    4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
    number of shares held by each of them

    NOT DISCLOSED - SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


    6) Percentage of issued class



    7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

    NOT DISCLOSED

    8) Percentage of issued class



    9) Class of security

    ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH AND AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS (ADRs) ("THE
    RELEVANT SHARES")

    10) Date of transaction

    9 AUGUST 2002

    11) Date company informed

    19 AUGUST 2002

    12) Total holding following this notification

    86,104,975 ORDINARY SHARES (SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)


    13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    3.95%

    14) Any additional information

 A. EXTRACT FROM DISCLOSURE:
    "(iii) the registered holders of all the Relevant Shares in which Brandes
    has an interest for purposes of the Act are approximately 580 custodian
    banks unaffiliated with Brandes."

 B. ITEM 12

The total holding of 86,104,975 Ordinary Shares comprises 43,317,761 Ordinary
Shares and 21,393,607 ADRs represented by 42,787,214 Ordinary Shares.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

A C GIRLING 020 7845 1919

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

A C GIRLING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY


17) Date of notification ....................20 AUGUST 2002 .....



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