Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
02 March 2007


NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS



Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the
Disclosure Rules sourcebook.



The independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 2 March 2007 that it had on 2 March 2007 released 28,421
British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") to Mr N
Durante, a person discharging managerial responsibilities and a participant in
the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan.



Following this transaction, Mr Durante has a total beneficial and family
interest in 87,309 Shares (including 17,835 Deferred Shares, of which a total of
11,983 Deferred Shares have been granted by, and will be cash settled by, Souza
Cruz SA, a British American Tobacco subsidiary company).



Following this transaction, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 18,693,950 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 on the above mentioned date:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.



Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:



I A M B de Minvielle Devaux

Assistant Company Secretary



0207 845 1945




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