Purchase of Own Securities

British American Tobacco PLC
04 September 2003


                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 4th September 2003 it purchased
for cancellation 960,616 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston
at a price of 635.55 pence per share.



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