RNW/GBR/
RNS Number:0489B
SABMiller PLC
11 September 2002

                                 SABMILLER plc

The Company was advised on 11 September 2002 that the Trustee of the SABMiller
Employee Benefit Trust had agreed to make the following awards of restricted
shares under the SABMiller Performance Share Award Scheme on the terms outlined
in the circular to shareholders on page 232, dated 7 June 2002, relating to the
transaction between the Company and Philip Morris Companies Inc.:

Mr E.A.G. Mackay
Group Chief Executive                                        240 000 shares

Mr M.I. Wyman
Chief Financial Officer                                      160 000 shares


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