Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
05 February 2007



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 5 February 2007 that it had between 2 February 2007 and
5 February 2007 released 766 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares
(the "Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share
Bonus Scheme.



Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 18,940,022 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
transaction that took place between the above mentioned dates:  Mr P N Adams, Mr
P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



Miss IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary



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