Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
14 November 2005



                          British American Tobacco PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 14th November 2005 it purchased
for cancellation 275,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston
at a price of 1327.09 pence per share.




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