Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
27 February 2004


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 27th February 2004 it purchased
for cancellation 1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First
Boston at a price of 824.06 pence per share.



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