Holding(s) in Company

British American Tobacco PLC
5 February 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company


BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS LP

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

NON-BENEFICIAL

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

NOT DISCLOSED - SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT DISCLOSED

8) Percentage of issued class



9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH AND AMERICAN DESPOSITARY RECEIPTS (ADR'S) ('THE

RELEVANT SHARES')

10) Date of transaction

25 JANUARY 2002

11) Date company informed

4 FEBRUARY 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

129,339,770


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.9%

14) Any additional information

A.     EXTRACT FROM DISCLOSURE:

'(iii) the registered holders of all the Relevant Shares in which

Brandes has an interest for purposes of the Act are approximately

535 custodian banks unaffiliated with Brandes.'

 B. ITEM 12

The total holding of 129,339,770 Ordinary Shares comprises 63,298,808

Ordinary Shares and 33,020,481 ADRs represented by 66,040,962 Ordinary

Shares.


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

GCW CUNNINGTON 020 7845 1925

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

     GCW CUNNINGTON, ASSITANT SECRETARY

17)     Date of notification ..................5 February2002



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