Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
30 August 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 30 August 2006 that it had on 29 August 2006 released:

a)         1,367 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan;

b)         2,419 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)         28,234 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 20,030,055 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 on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.

I A M B de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary

0207 845 1545


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