Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
5 April 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 4 April 2002 that it had on 4 April 2002 released 61,215
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a
participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan.  The
participant to whom shares were released 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 36,709,765 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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