Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
25 May 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 25 May 2006 that it had between 24 May 2006 and 25 May
2006 released:



a)         18,114 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan;



b)         4,497 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to a participant in the British American Tobacco Deferred Share Bonus
Scheme; and



c)         4,849 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 21,148,641 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.



I A M B de Minvielle Devaux

Assistant Secretary



0207 845 1545


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