Purchase of Own Secs.-Amend

British American Tobacco PLC
27 August 2003

"The following replaces the Purchase of our shares announcement released 22nd
August 2003 at 16:44 under RNS number 99390

The announcement should have read British American Tobacco PLC announces that on
22nd August 2003 it purchased for cancellation 600,000 of its Ordinary shares
from Credit Suisse First Boston at a price of 654.07 pence per share.



All other details remain unchanged, and the full amended text appears below."











                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 22nd August 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 600,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 654.07 pence per share.




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