Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
08 November 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING



The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 8 November 2006 that between 6 November 2006 and 7
November 2006 it had released 11,131 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 19,584,623 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.



Miss IAMB de Minvielle Devaux

Assistant Secretary



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