Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
20 March 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 19 March 2002 that it had on 19 March 2002

a)         released 17,845 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term
Incentive Plan;

b)         released 4,365 Shares to a participant in the British American
Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme; and

c)         disposed of 66,977 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 28,578,929 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
and Mr P A Rayner.


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