Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
02 April 2007



NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS



Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the
Disclosure Rules sourcebook.



The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 2 April 2007 that it had on 2 April 2007 released 19,257
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") to Mr N
Durante, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and a participant in
the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan.



Following this transaction, Mr Durante has a total beneficial and family
interest in 117,132 Shares (including 22,549 Deferred Shares, of which a total
of 11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will be cash settled by,
Souza Cruz SA, a British American Tobacco subsidiary company).



Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 16,216,514 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.



Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:



I A M B de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Company Secretary



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