Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
03 May 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 3 May 2006 that between 28 April 2006 and 2 May 2006 it
had released 11,349 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 21,594,574 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



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