Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
19 July 2006



DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 18 July 2006 that it had on 17 July 2006 released 614
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 20,627,386 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.



IAMB de Minvielle Devaux
Assistant Secretary



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