Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
14 March 2006





DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING





The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 14 March 2006 that it had between 10 March 2006 and 13
March 2006 released:



a)         52,808 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan; and



b)         22,901 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 21,772,218 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.



Mrs A C Girling

Deputy Secretary



0207 845 1919


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