Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
12 June 2006




                          British American Tobacco PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 12th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1354.89 pence per share.




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