Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
27 March 2003





                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 27th March 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 1,500,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at
a price of 598.27 pence per share.



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