Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
31 May 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 31 May 2006 that it had between 30 May 2006 and 31 May
2006 released:


a) 9,129 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the  "Shares")
   to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
   Plan; and


b) 5,050 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 21,128,369 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.


IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary


0207 845 1545


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