Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
11 September 2002

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS





The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 10 September 2002 that on 9 September 2002 it had
acquired 4,795 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") for the Trust in respect of the British American Tobacco Deferred
Share Bonus Scheme (the "Scheme"), being a purchase to rectify a previous
over-sale of Shares to meet the tax obligations of a participant under the
Scheme.  The participant was not a director 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 37,077,424 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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