Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
07 June 2006




                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 7th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 370,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1357.55 pence per share.






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