Director/PDMR Shareholding

British American Tobacco PLC
21 March 2006


DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING


The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trust
notified the Company on 20 March 2006 that it had between 16 March 2006 and 17
March 2006 released:


a)         68,546 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p ordinary shares (the
"Shares") to participants in the British American Tobacco Long Term Incentive
Plan; and


b)         30,649 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 23,165,513 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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