Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
06 July 2005

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 6 July 2005 that on 1 July 2005 it had released a total
of 29,364 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to
participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus Scheme.



Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 24,419,255 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.





G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary



6 July 2005




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