Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
19 September 2005





DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING





The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 19 September 2005 that it had between 15 September 2005
and 16 September 2005 released 75,245 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 23,665,582 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.



G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary



0207 845 1919


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