Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
27 August 2004

                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 27th August 2004 it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 836.05 pence per share.



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