Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
29 December 2005



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 29 December 2005 that it had between 23 December 2005
and 28 December 2005 released:


a)         16,590 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan;


b)         12,961 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)         21,168 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 22,764,492 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.


A C Girling
Deputy Company Secretary


0207 845 1919





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