Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
27 April 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 27 April 2006 that it had between 25 April 2006 and 26
April 2006 released:



a)   10,763 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") 
     to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
     Plan;


b)   740 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)   27,929 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 21,613,753 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 Secretary


0207 845 1919



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