Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
02 April 2007



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 30 March 2007 that it had between 27 March 2007 and 30
March 2007 released:



a)         25,016 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan;



b)         2,195 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus
Scheme; and



c)         105,429 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 16,235,771 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.



I A M B de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary



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