Purchase Own Shs & DTR5.6.1

British American Tobacco PLC
01 March 2007

NOTIFICATION OF PURCHASES AND VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL



Transactions in Own Shares

In accordance with LR 12.4.6 and with reference to the note on the proposed
repurchase of certain of its ordinary shares of 25p each (the "Shares") on page
28 of the announcement by British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") of its
preliminary results made at 7.00 am today, 1 March 2007, the Company announces
that it has today purchased for cancellation the following numbers of Shares at
the average prices shown in the table below (the "Repurchased Shares"):


                      No. of Repurchased Shares      Average Price per Share (£)
                                      1,800,000                      14.63517222
                                      5,127,790                      14.34724827
                               Total: 6,927,790



The Company previously purported to buy back these Shares between 22 September
2006 and 4 December 2006 but, as a result of a technical infringement of the
Companies Act 1985, these earlier repurchases were invalid. Today's acquisition
and cancellation of the Repurchased Shares corrects this position.



Voting Rights and Capital

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market of the following:



(1) That, as at 28 February 2007, the Company's issued share capital consisted
of 2,069,363,215 Shares with voting rights; and



(2) as at 28 February 2007 and at the time of this announcement, no shares are
held in treasury by the Company.



Following the acquisition of the Repurchased Shares and their cancellation
described above, the Company's issued share capital as at 1 March 2007 is
2,062,435,425 Shares with voting rights.





G C W Cunnington
Deputy Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.



1 March 2007




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange