Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
17 May 2006



                          British American Tobacco PLC

                               SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 17th May 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 700,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1358.41 pence per share.





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