Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
22 June 2007



22 June 2007



                          British American Tobacco PLC

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                           Transaction in own shares

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British American Tobacco PLC announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 400,000 Ordinary shares. The highest price paid per share was
1645.50p, the lowest price paid was 1628p and the average price was 1637.6245p
per share.





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