Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
11 August 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 11 August 2006 that it had on 11 August 2006 released
22,160 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to
participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan.

Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 20,218,636 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 on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.


IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary


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