Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

 

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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

January 2, 2025

 

Commission File Number: 001-38159

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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

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Globe House

4 Temple Place

London WC2R 2PG

United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒              Form 40-F ☐

 

 

 

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This report includes materials as exhibits that have been published and made available by British American Tobacco p.l.c. as of January 2, 2025.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated January 2, 2025.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	British American Tobacco p.l.c.
	By:	/s/ Christopher Worlock
		Name:	Christopher Worlock
		Title:	Assistant Secretary

 

Date:  January 2, 2025

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

02 January 2025

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

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 24 April 2024 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("shares") from Merrill Lynch International as part of its buyback programme announced on 18 March 2024:

Date of purchase:	31 December 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	88,767
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2,875.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2,868.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2,872.6122p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,209,380,411 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,266,206 ordinary shares in treasury. This information may be used by shareholders to determine whether they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK, a schedule of individual trades carried out by Merrill Lynch International on 31 December 2024 is set out below.

The Company also announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the 2024 part of the share buyback programme has been completed. Since the commencement of this buyback programme on 18 March 2024, the Company has repurchased 27,571,116 ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price of 2,537.29 pence per ordinary share for a total consideration of £699,558,308.65. As announced on 12 December 2024, the 2025 part of the share buyback programme will commence on 2 January 2025 and end no later than 31 December 2025 (subject to approval of its share buyback programme at the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2025).

Enquiries:

Investor Relations

Victoria Buxton: [phone] | [e-mail] 

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information 

Issuer name	ISIN Code	Transaction date	Daily total volume (in number of shares)	Daily weighted average price of shares acquired	Platform
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	31/12/2024	75,252	2,872.5377p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	31/12/2024	10,036	2,873.1991p	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	31/12/2024	3,479	2,872.5320p	BATE

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Schedule of purchases - individual transactions 

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price  (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
117	2,871.00	LSE	08:00:25
186	2,873.00	LSE	08:00:29
189	2,872.00	LSE	08:00:29
31	2,871.00	LSE	08:00:29
728	2,874.00	LSE	08:01:21
200	2,871.00	LSE	08:02:04
56	2,871.00	LSE	08:02:04
310	2,870.00	LSE	08:02:04
383	2,870.00	LSE	08:03:15
170	2,870.00	LSE	08:03:15
251	2,869.00	LSE	08:04:11
777	2,870.00	LSE	08:05:04
769	2,869.00	LSE	08:08:38
43	2,869.00	LSE	08:09:50
1,411	2,871.00	LSE	08:16:58
639	2,871.00	LSE	08:18:23
1,052	2,871.00	LSE	08:18:23
327	2,869.00	LSE	08:18:56
323	2,869.00	LSE	08:20:46
440	2,870.00	LSE	08:22:56
842	2,870.00	LSE	08:22:56
1,969	2,872.00	LSE	08:30:00
104	2,871.00	LSE	08:30:18
1,112	2,871.00	LSE	08:30:18
336	2,870.00	BATE	08:30:23
48	2,869.00	BATE	08:30:32
405	2,869.00	BATE	08:30:32
53	2,869.00	BATE	08:31:18
236	2,869.00	LSE	08:31:18
1,928	2,869.00	LSE	08:31:18
485	2,869.00	LSE	08:31:18
29	2,868.00	BATE	08:33:11

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691	2,871.00	LSE	08:38:00
104	2,871.00	LSE	08:38:00
356	2,869.00	LSE	08:47:00
809	2,870.00	LSE	08:48:36
160	2,870.00	CHIX	08:48:36
440	2,870.00	CHIX	08:48:36
1,043	2,870.00	LSE	08:48:36
650	2,871.00	LSE	08:54:35
38	2,871.00	LSE	08:54:35
2,561	2,871.00	LSE	08:54:35
495	2,870.00	LSE	08:55:09
196	2,870.00	LSE	08:55:09
61	2,870.00	LSE	08:55:09
149	2,872.00	CHIX	08:56:58
389	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:09
197	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:13
374	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:13
100	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:18
233	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:18
200	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:18
367	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:18
189	2,871.00	CHIX	08:57:18
763	2,871.00	LSE	08:57:18
317	2,870.00	LSE	08:58:28
164	2,870.00	LSE	08:58:28
102	2,870.00	LSE	09:00:40
206	2,870.00	LSE	09:00:40
37	2,870.00	CHIX	09:01:02
2,601	2,870.00	LSE	09:01:02
290	2,872.00	CHIX	09:04:57
210	2,872.00	LSE	09:04:57
1,484	2,872.00	LSE	09:04:57
1,426	2,872.00	LSE	09:04:57
1,150	2,871.00	LSE	09:05:19
740	2,871.00	CHIX	09:05:19
859	2,871.00	LSE	09:05:19
126	2,871.00	CHIX	09:06:54
200	2,873.00	CHIX	09:11:09
111	2,873.00	CHIX	09:14:42
387	2,873.00	CHIX	09:15:13
43	2,874.00	BATE	09:22:57

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1,947	2,874.00	LSE	09:22:57
68	2,874.00	BATE	09:22:57
594	2,874.00	CHIX	09:22:57
490	2,874.00	CHIX	09:22:57
229	2,874.00	CHIX	09:22:57
76	2,874.00	CHIX	09:22:57
21	2,874.00	CHIX	09:22:57
2,744	2,874.00	LSE	09:24:21
503	2,874.00	LSE	09:24:21
77	2,874.00	CHIX	09:24:24
52	2,874.00	CHIX	09:24:24
265	2,874.00	CHIX	09:24:24
35	2,873.00	BATE	09:24:24
74	2,874.00	CHIX	09:24:26
73	2,874.00	CHIX	09:24:26
546	2,873.00	CHIX	09:24:29
320	2,873.00	BATE	09:25:00
4,686	2,874.00	LSE	09:28:37
70	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:40
281	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:40
34	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:40
67	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:40
281	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
74	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
76	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
281	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
135	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
84	2,874.00	CHIX	09:28:42
216	2,873.00	CHIX	09:29:40
759	2,873.00	CHIX	09:29:40
31	2,873.00	BATE	09:29:40
309	2,873.00	BATE	09:29:56
605	2,874.00	LSE	09:31:00
9	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:25
121	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:25
19	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:25
281	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
32	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
72	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
64	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
107	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28

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281	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
86	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
75	2,875.00	CHIX	09:31:28
415	2,874.00	LSE	09:32:18
1,860	2,874.00	LSE	09:32:18
606	2,874.00	CHIX	09:32:18
1,131	2,874.00	LSE	09:36:03
224	2,874.00	CHIX	09:36:03
52	2,874.00	LSE	09:36:03
620	2,874.00	LSE	09:36:03
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:04
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:04
35	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:04
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:07
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:07
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:07
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:07
28	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
30	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
27	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
29	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
30	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
28	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:09
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:13
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:13
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:15
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:15
26	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
26	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
31	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
28	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:18
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22

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24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22
29	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22
47	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:22
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
29	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
24	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:25
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:27
25	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:27
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:27
27	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:30
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:30
28	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:33
142	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:36
23	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:36
28	2,874.00	BATE	09:36:36
56	2,874.00	LSE	09:40:38
369	2,874.00	LSE	09:40:57
2,687	2,874.00	LSE	09:40:57
2,297	2,874.00	LSE	09:44:27
5,881	2,874.00	LSE	09:44:54
3,869	2,874.00	LSE	09:45:09
342	2,875.00	LSE	09:47:53
35	2,875.00	LSE	09:48:03
2,000	2,875.00	LSE	09:48:32
1,004	2,875.00	LSE	09:48:32
950	2,874.00	LSE	09:48:44
1,272	2,874.00	LSE	09:48:44
269	2,873.00	LSE	09:49:12
48	2,873.00	BATE	09:49:12
375	2,873.00	CHIX	09:49:12
290	2,873.00	LSE	09:49:12
415	2,873.00	LSE	09:49:12
2,245	2,873.00	LSE	09:49:12
16	2,873.00	LSE	09:49:12
316	2,873.00	BATE	09:49:47
1,245	2,874.00	LSE	09:51:37

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1,935	2,874.00	LSE	09:51:37
288	2,874.00	LSE	09:52:17

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