10th Mar 2008 17:48
British American Tobacco PLC10 March 2008 TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") announces that in accordancewith the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual GeneralMeeting on 26 April 2007 it purchased 150,000 of its Ordinary shares of 25 penceeach ("shares") on 10 March 2008. The average price was 1866.3423p per share. The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 8,138,780 of itsshares in Treasury. The Company has 2,016,783,060 ordinary shares in issue(excluding Treasury shares). Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: G C W CunningtonDeputy Secretary 020 7845 1925 10 March 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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