Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
11 November 2003



                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 11th November 2003 it purchased
for cancellation 1,100,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First
Boston at a price of 703.79 pence per share.



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