Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 January 2003


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 16 January 2003 that between 13 January and 14 January
2003 it had:

a) released 31,307 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
   (the "Shares") in accordance with the British American Tobacco Long Term
   Incentive Plan.

b) disposed of 8,643 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 190,222 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
   (the "Shares")  under 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 36,336,925 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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