Director Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
12 September 2003

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 12 September 2003 that it had on 10 September 2003
released 5,399 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus
Scheme. The participant to whom the 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 32,874,108 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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