Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
13 March 2003


British American Tobacco plc: Purchase of Own Shares

British American Tobacco plc announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 375,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price
of 589.4653p per ordinary share.

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