Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
16 June 2005

                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 16th June 2005 it purchased for
cancellation  1,250,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston
at a price of 1075.36 pence per share.


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