British Am. Tobacco - Transaction in Own Shares 14 November

Source from:  AFX 11/15/2011

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") announces that in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2011 it purchased 80,000 of its Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("shares") on 14 November (Stuttgart: A0Z24E - news) 2011. The average price was 2,895.8907p per share. The highest price paid was 2,927.5p per share and the lowest price paid was 2,881.5p per share. The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 55,694,849 of its shares in Treasury. The Company has 1,970,290,062 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares). Enditem