Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 August 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING





The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 16 August 2006 that on 15 August 2006 it had released:



a)   1,839 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") 
     to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
     Plan; and



b)   12,977 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") 
     to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme.



Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,146,878 Shares.



The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potential
beneficiaries under the trust, and are therefore deemed to be technically
interested for Companies Act purposes but were not connected with the
transactions that took place between the above mentioned dates:  Mr P N Adams,
Mr P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



Mrs A C Girling
Deputy Secretary



0207 845 1919


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