Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
23 May 2005


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 23rd  May 2005 it purchased for
cancellation 550,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 1051.78 pence per share.



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