Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
20 April 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 19 April 2006 that between 13 April 2006 and 18 April
2006 it had released 13,958 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 21,860,408 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 between the above mentioned dates:  Mr P N Adams, Mr
P A Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



Mr G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary



0207 845 1919


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