Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
08 May 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 8 May 2006 that it had between 4 May 2006 and 8 May 2006
released:

a)     23,611 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
       "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term 
       Incentive Plan;

b)     6,580 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)     38,168 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 21,474,876 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

0207 845 1545


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