Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
15 September 2006


DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 15 September 2006 that it had on 14 September 2006
released:
     
a)   1,113 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to 
     a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan; and
     
b)   25,020 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 19,873,549 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.


IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary

0207 845 1545


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