Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
19 June 2006





                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 19th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 350,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1347.3 pence per share.






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