Purchase of Own Secs-Amend

British American Tobacco PLC
22 August 2003

"The following replaces the Purchase of our shares announcement released 21st
August 2003 at  18:45 under RNS number 9509O

The announcement should have read British American Tobacco PLC announces that on
21st August 2003 it purchased for cancellation 448,200 of its Ordinary shares
from Credit Suisse First Boston at a price of 653.92 pence per share.



All other details remain unchanged, and the full amended text appears below."


                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 21st August 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 448,200 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 653.92 pence per share.




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