Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
09 May 2006






                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 9th May 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 450,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1388.76 pence per share.





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