Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
24 May 2005

                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 24th  May 2005 it purchased for
cancellation 600,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 1053.63 pence per share.



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