Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
21 August 2003


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 21st August 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 408,896 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 653.86 pence per share.



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