Director/PDMR S/hldg-Amendmnt

3 Feb 2006 11:17

British American Tobacco PLC03 February 2006 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING Further to the announcement dated 27 January 2006 (the "Announcement")concerning the purchase of ordinary shares of 25p each in British AmericanTobacco p.l.c. (the "Shares") by executive directors and other personsdischarging managerial responsibility by way of the Partnership Share Scheme, areporting error by the Plan Administrators was made in the number of Sharespurchased by two executive directors such that their total beneficial interestswere incorrectly stated in the Announcement. The correct total beneficialinterests of the following executive directors as at the date of theAnnouncement are as follows: Director Total Beneficial and Family Interests as at 27 January 2006 P N Adams 268,578 (including 125,517 Deferred Shares) A Monteiro de Castro 256,358 (including 76,784 Deferred Shares) A C Girling Deputy Secretary 0207 845 1919 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange