Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 May 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 16 May 2002 that it had on 16 May 2002

a)         released 16,449 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term
Incentive Plan.

b)         disposed of 21,839 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary
shares (the "Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's
share option scheme.

c)         released 3,792 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares to
a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme.

The participants to whom the shares were released or disposed of were 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 35,412,461 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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