Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
17 March 2006

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 17 March 2006 that between 15 and 16 March 2006 it had
purchased 1,540,000 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") at a price of 1443.1266p per Share to satisfy the future release of
awards under the Company's long term incentive plan and deferred share bonus
scheme.



Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British American
Tobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 23,282,556 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 dates:  Mr P N Adams, Mr P A
Rayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro.





A C Girling

Deputy Secretary



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