Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
06 March 2003


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 6 March 2003 that it had on 5 March 2003 disposed of
5,454 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to
satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's executive share option
scheme. The participant in respect of whom the disposal of shares was made 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 35,781,608  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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