6th May 2008 17:50
British American Tobacco PLC06 May 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 30 April 2008 it purchased 41,325 of its Ordinary shares of 25 penceeach ("shares") on 6 May 2008. The average price was 19.249740p per share. The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 11,125,105 of itsshares in Treasury. The Company has 2,013,837,909 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 6 May 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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