Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
06 May 2005





                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 6th May 2005 it purchased for
cancellation 700,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 1014.99 pence per share.






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