Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
31 October 2006




DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 31 October 2006 that it had on 30 October 2006 released
879 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the "Shares") to a
participant in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan.


Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 19,634,225 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



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