Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
18 August 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 18 August 2006 that on 17 August 2006 it had released
16,127 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 this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,123,659 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
transaction that took place on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.


Mrs Anne Girling
Deputy Secretary


0207 845 1919


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