Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
13 May 2005




                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 13th May 2005 it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 1033.80 pence per share.





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