Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
28 March 2003


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 28th March 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at
a price of 595.72 pence per share.


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