Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
13 April 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING





The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 13 April 2006 that it had between 10 April and 13 April
2006 it had released:



a)         24,638 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus
Scheme; and



b)         46,991 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 21,874,366 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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