British Am. Tobacco - Transaction in Own Shares 12 March

Source from:  AFX 03/13/2012

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 200,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("shares") on 12 March 2012. The average price was 3,200.1307p per share. The highest price paid was 3,231.5p per share and the lowest price paid was 3,177p per share. The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 59,037,762 of its shares in Treasury. The Company has 1,967,167,610 shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares). Enditem