Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
25 June 2003



                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 25th June 2003 it purchased for
cancellation 950,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a
price of 663.35 pence per share.




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