Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
21 September 2006




DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 21 September 2006 that on 21 September 2006 it had
released 3,990 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 this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,840,652 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 on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.


Miss IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary

0207 845 1545



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