British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

1 Mar 2007 08:19

British American Tobacco PLC01 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF PURCHASES AND VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL Transactions in Own Shares In accordance with LR 12.4.6 and with reference to the note on the proposedrepurchase of certain of its ordinary shares of 25p each (the "Shares") on page28 of the announcement by British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") of itspreliminary results made at 7.00 am today, 1 March 2007, the Company announcesthat it has today purchased for cancellation the following numbers of Shares atthe average prices shown in the table below (the "Repurchased Shares"): No. of Repurchased Shares Average Price per Share (£) 1,800,000 14.63517222 5,127,790 14.34724827 Total: 6,927,790 The Company previously purported to buy back these Shares between 22 September2006 and 4 December 2006 but, as a result of a technical infringement of theCompanies Act 1985, these earlier repurchases were invalid. Today's acquisitionand cancellation of the Repurchased Shares corrects this position. Voting Rights and Capital In accordance with DTR 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market of the following: (1) That, as at 28 February 2007, the Company's issued share capital consistedof 2,069,363,215 Shares with voting rights; and (2) as at 28 February 2007 and at the time of this announcement, no shares areheld in treasury by the Company. Following the acquisition of the Repurchased Shares and their cancellationdescribed above, the Company's issued share capital as at 1 March 2007 is2,062,435,425 Shares with voting rights. G C W CunningtonDeputy SecretaryBritish American Tobacco p.l.c. 1 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange