Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 November 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 16 November 2006 that between 14 November and 15
November 2006 it had released:



a)         2,236 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan;



b)         2,168 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's share option
scheme;



c)         2,234 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant 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 19,543,762 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.



G C W Cunnington
Deputy Secretary



16 November 2006



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