Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
17 June 2005


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 17th June 2005 it purchased for
cancellation  650,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at
a price of 1075.50 pence per share.


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