Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
19 May 2006






                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 19th May 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 400,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1323.49 pence per share.






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