Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
15 June 2006


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 15th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 85,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1327.69 pence per share.



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