Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
09 March 2007

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 9 March 2007 that it had on 9 March 2007 released:



a)         11,474 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan; and



b)         6,544 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 18,614,925 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 on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



Miss I A M B de Minvielle Devaux
Deputy Secretary

0207 845 1545


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