1st May 2008 17:56
British American Tobacco PLC01 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 120,000 of its Ordinary shares of 25 penceeach ("shares") on 1 May 2008. The average price was 1920.4499p per share. The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 11,003,780 of itsshares in Treasury. The Company has 2,013,959,234 ordinary shares in issue(excluding Treasury shares). Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: G C W Cunnington Deputy Secretary 020 7845 1925 1 May 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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