Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
20 June 2006



                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 20th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 450,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1353.78 pence per share.





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