Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
23 May 2006


                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 23th May 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 800,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1317.53 pence per share.






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