Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
17 October 2005


DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 17 October 2005 that on 13 October 2005 it had released
6,837 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 this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,466,837 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.


Mrs A C Girling
Deputy Secretary

0207 845 1919


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