Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
16 August 2005



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 15 August 2005 that it had between 11 August 2005 and 12
August 2005 released:

a)         27,566 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus
Scheme; and

b)         10,268 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 23,863,715 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.



A C Girling
Deputy Secretary


0207 845 1919


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