Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
20 June 2007



20 June 2007


                          British American Tobacco PLC

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                           Transaction in own shares

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British American Tobacco PLC announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 400,000 Ordinary shares. The highest price paid per share was
1659.50p, the lowest price paid was 1642p and the average price was 1655.3486p
per share.




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