Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
09 December 2004


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 9th December 2004 it purchased
for cancellation 500,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston
at a price of 871.14 pence per share.



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