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

 

September 6, 2024

 

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 September 6, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transactions in own shares” dated September 6, 2024.

  

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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/ Nancy Jiang
		Name:	Nancy Jiang
		Title:	Senior Assistant Company Secretary

 

Date:  September 6, 2024

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

6 September 2024

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 Goldman Sachs International as part of its buyback programme announced on 18 March 2024:

Date of purchase:	5 September 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	84,425
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2922.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2896.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2912.49p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,215,691,950 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,274,739 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 Goldman Sachs International on 5 September 2024 is set out below.

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	05/09/2024	84,425	2912.49p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	05/09/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	05/09/2024	0	0	BATE

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Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
822	2902	XLON	08:38:05
520	2901	XLON	08:39:02
360	2901	XLON	08:39:12
837	2900	XLON	08:40:48
266	2899	XLON	08:43:59
290	2899	XLON	08:44:44
290	2898	XLON	08:44:45
45	2897	XLON	08:48:25
4	2897	XLON	08:48:25
231	2897	XLON	08:48:25
281	2896	XLON	08:49:19
273	2897	XLON	08:51:06
273	2899	XLON	08:54:45
276	2899	XLON	08:57:06
275	2899	XLON	08:57:06
276	2898	XLON	08:57:23
266	2900	XLON	08:59:30
277	2902	XLON	09:02:01
269	2903	XLON	09:04:22
266	2902	XLON	09:04:29
289	2903	XLON	09:06:25
367	2905	XLON	09:12:56
240	2904	XLON	09:14:01
9	2904	XLON	09:14:06
3	2904	XLON	09:14:06
34	2904	XLON	09:14:06
347	2907	XLON	09:15:45
269	2906	XLON	09:15:51
279	2908	XLON	09:20:26
195	2907	XLON	09:20:31
266	2908	XLON	09:21:57
188	2908	XLON	09:24:27
95	2908	XLON	09:24:27
142	2907	XLON	09:25:55
21	2907	XLON	09:25:59
46	2907	XLON	09:26:18
100	2907	XLON	09:26:24
115	2907	XLON	09:26:24
289	2909	XLON	09:31:38
240	2909	XLON	09:32:05
305	2909	XLON	09:32:10
290	2910	XLON	09:34:15
201	2909	XLON	09:36:29
313	2913	XLON	09:40:28

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294	2914	XLON	09:42:05
11	2914	XLON	09:44:12
24	2914	XLON	09:44:12
244	2914	XLON	09:44:28
100	2913	XLON	09:45:25
193	2913	XLON	09:46:35
275	2910	XLON	09:47:28
271	2912	XLON	09:51:24
265	2911	XLON	09:53:03
278	2913	XLON	09:54:59
275	2911	XLON	10:00:15
234	2910	XLON	10:01:47
293	2911	XLON	10:03:33
33	2910	XLON	10:04:41
367	2912	XLON	10:07:49
372	2911	XLON	10:09:01
208	2911	XLON	10:09:19
6	2911	XLON	10:09:19
181	2913	XLON	10:11:49
15	2913	XLON	10:12:17
171	2913	XLON	10:12:17
372	2912	XLON	10:13:32
361	2915	XLON	10:20:00
331	2918	XLON	10:23:28
312	2918	XLON	10:25:07
3	2917	XLON	10:27:07
276	2917	XLON	10:27:07
314	2918	XLON	10:27:16
265	2917	XLON	10:27:22
123	2918	XLON	10:31:01
173	2918	XLON	10:31:01
386	2920	XLON	10:37:52
289	2919	XLON	10:40:24
6	2921	XLON	10:41:13
2	2921	XLON	10:41:13
1	2921	XLON	10:41:13
342	2921	XLON	10:41:13
292	2921	XLON	10:43:18
361	2920	XLON	10:45:54
278	2919	XLON	10:52:14
236	2918	XLON	10:52:16
300	2918	XLON	10:53:06
286	2919	XLON	10:57:14
283	2919	XLON	10:59:08
452	2922	XLON	11:10:55
27	2922	XLON	11:10:55
359	2921	XLON	11:20:36
150	2921	XLON	11:21:51

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631	2922	XLON	11:23:15
538	2922	XLON	11:26:52
36	2921	XLON	11:28:31
188	2922	XLON	11:29:08
231	2922	XLON	11:29:08
57	2922	XLON	11:29:19
314	2922	XLON	11:29:27
70	2922	XLON	11:29:47
280	2921	XLON	11:33:39
362	2919	XLON	11:34:47
326	2918	XLON	11:37:26
306	2916	XLON	11:40:45
224	2915	XLON	11:44:43
62	2915	XLON	11:44:43
282	2915	XLON	11:46:17
277	2916	XLON	11:48:32
162	2916	XLON	11:51:24
309	2917	XLON	11:57:53
301	2918	XLON	11:58:48
280	2918	XLON	11:59:56
288	2919	XLON	12:01:51
277	2918	XLON	12:07:20
274	2918	XLON	12:08:37
266	2918	XLON	12:08:38
155	2920	XLON	12:13:36
323	2921	XLON	12:15:17
2	2920	XLON	12:18:44
259	2920	XLON	12:18:44
87	2920	XLON	12:18:44
272	2920	XLON	12:22:25
223	2920	XLON	12:23:07
43	2920	XLON	12:23:07
212	2920	XLON	12:25:20
55	2920	XLON	12:25:20
283	2918	XLON	12:27:46
272	2917	XLON	12:30:03
273	2916	XLON	12:32:38
275	2915	XLON	12:35:47
266	2916	XLON	12:40:22
43	2916	XLON	12:45:25
454	2918	XLON	12:53:57
403	2918	XLON	12:53:57
3	2918	XLON	12:54:20
3	2918	XLON	12:54:20
370	2918	XLON	12:54:20
317	2919	XLON	12:54:55
305	2918	XLON	12:57:16
212	2918	XLON	13:04:05

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66	2918	XLON	13:04:05
39	2920	XLON	13:06:32
4	2920	XLON	13:07:03
86	2920	XLON	13:07:04
140	2920	XLON	13:07:10
4	2920	XLON	13:11:18
363	2920	XLON	13:11:18
158	2920	XLON	13:11:31
19	2920	XLON	13:12:56
189	2920	XLON	13:13:11
275	2919	XLON	13:15:00
313	2918	XLON	13:15:00
299	2917	XLON	13:18:37
86	2917	XLON	13:20:59
199	2917	XLON	13:20:59
286	2915	XLON	13:23:38
282	2916	XLON	13:24:57
276	2917	XLON	13:27:42
84	2917	XLON	13:30:16
191	2917	XLON	13:30:16
72	2917	XLON	13:33:30
12	2917	XLON	13:33:30
3	2917	XLON	13:33:30
350	2917	XLON	13:34:46
313	2917	XLON	13:37:15
286	2918	XLON	13:41:50
5	2918	XLON	13:43:45
3	2918	XLON	13:43:45
48	2918	XLON	13:43:45
237	2918	XLON	13:43:46
295	2918	XLON	13:44:11
269	2919	XLON	13:47:14
288	2919	XLON	13:48:09
281	2919	XLON	13:48:55
287	2918	XLON	13:48:56
280	2917	XLON	13:53:18
281	2917	XLON	13:54:23
283	2919	XLON	13:56:56
286	2916	XLON	14:00:16
284	2916	XLON	14:04:23
287	2916	XLON	14:04:39
283	2915	XLON	14:06:11
289	2915	XLON	14:06:11
281	2915	XLON	14:08:17
269	2915	XLON	14:08:54
283	2916	XLON	14:12:53
195	2916	XLON	14:14:43
89	2916	XLON	14:14:43

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7	2916	XLON	14:15:00
6	2916	XLON	14:15:00
272	2916	XLON	14:15:00
21	2915	XLON	14:17:28
260	2915	XLON	14:18:05
387	2916	XLON	14:20:06
428	2917	XLON	14:22:38
303	2916	XLON	14:23:32
90	2916	XLON	14:23:32
20	2917	XLON	14:24:12
209	2917	XLON	14:24:13
113	2917	XLON	14:24:16
310	2917	XLON	14:25:51
281	2916	XLON	14:25:53
92	2916	XLON	14:25:54
286	2915	XLON	14:27:11
246	2916	XLON	14:27:24
284	2917	XLON	14:29:03
241	2916	XLON	14:29:39
77	2918	XLON	14:30:02
192	2918	XLON	14:30:02
275	2917	XLON	14:30:11
187	2917	XLON	14:31:12
158	2917	XLON	14:31:12
49	2916	XLON	14:31:12
184	2917	XLON	14:31:17
121	2917	XLON	14:31:17
298	2916	XLON	14:32:46
311	2915	XLON	14:32:49
676	2914	XLON	14:33:11
485	2913	XLON	14:33:25
381	2912	XLON	14:33:38
300	2913	XLON	14:33:54
290	2914	XLON	14:34:09
166	2913	XLON	14:34:09
21	2913	XLON	14:34:09
32	2913	XLON	14:34:09
74	2913	XLON	14:34:09
5	2913	XLON	14:34:09
4	2913	XLON	14:34:42
300	2913	XLON	14:34:48
31	2913	XLON	14:34:48
300	2913	XLON	14:35:02
279	2912	XLON	14:35:03
300	2912	XLON	14:36:13
195	2911	XLON	14:36:46
103	2911	XLON	14:36:46
267	2911	XLON	14:37:06

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305	2910	XLON	14:37:24
334	2907	XLON	14:38:29
255	2906	XLON	14:38:48
60	2906	XLON	14:38:48
291	2905	XLON	14:39:31
284	2903	XLON	14:40:04
144	2903	XLON	14:40:30
374	2903	XLON	14:41:25
71	2902	XLON	14:41:47
116	2902	XLON	14:41:48
117	2902	XLON	14:41:48
38	2902	XLON	14:43:06
281	2902	XLON	14:43:06
316	2902	XLON	14:43:10
300	2903	XLON	14:45:18
297	2902	XLON	14:45:19
20	2903	XLON	14:46:20
100	2903	XLON	14:46:20
100	2903	XLON	14:46:20
75	2903	XLON	14:46:20
298	2903	XLON	14:46:55
415	2907	XLON	14:48:01
168	2906	XLON	14:48:20
127	2906	XLON	14:48:20
373	2909	XLON	14:49:02
382	2909	XLON	14:50:43
55	2910	XLON	14:50:59
70	2910	XLON	14:50:59
148	2910	XLON	14:51:00
49	2909	XLON	14:51:27
100	2909	XLON	14:52:15
3	2909	XLON	14:52:15
128	2909	XLON	14:52:15
274	2908	XLON	14:52:48
356	2908	XLON	14:53:29
675	2909	XLON	14:55:59
594	2908	XLON	14:55:59
289	2909	XLON	14:56:45
341	2910	XLON	14:56:57
183	2909	XLON	14:57:08
108	2909	XLON	14:57:08
476	2908	XLON	15:00:17
270	2907	XLON	15:00:54
28	2906	XLON	15:00:54
88	2906	XLON	15:00:54
119	2906	XLON	15:00:54
37	2906	XLON	15:00:54
379	2907	XLON	15:01:16

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6	2906	XLON	15:01:42
40	2906	XLON	15:01:43
330	2906	XLON	15:01:43
50	2906	XLON	15:02:13
418	2906	XLON	15:02:13
320	2908	XLON	15:05:03
299	2907	XLON	15:05:18
97	2906	XLON	15:05:18
247	2906	XLON	15:05:18
312	2908	XLON	15:07:22
21	2909	XLON	15:07:42
299	2909	XLON	15:07:42
292	2911	XLON	15:08:38
514	2911	XLON	15:09:02
466	2913	XLON	15:10:01
490	2914	XLON	15:11:32
499	2912	XLON	15:13:00
300	2912	XLON	15:14:44
100	2912	XLON	15:14:44
70	2912	XLON	15:14:44
149	2912	XLON	15:15:18
348	2912	XLON	15:15:18
460	2911	XLON	15:18:11
42	2910	XLON	15:18:17
100	2910	XLON	15:18:17
82	2910	XLON	15:18:17
382	2910	XLON	15:20:54
432	2910	XLON	15:21:57
311	2910	XLON	15:21:58
284	2911	XLON	15:22:23
290	2911	XLON	15:24:22
29	2911	XLON	15:24:54
288	2911	XLON	15:24:54
462	2910	XLON	15:25:02
314	2914	XLON	15:26:39
286	2915	XLON	15:28:21
322	2916	XLON	15:29:19
141	2915	XLON	15:29:19
183	2915	XLON	15:29:19
300	2914	XLON	15:29:20
27	2914	XLON	15:29:20
479	2912	XLON	15:30:50
460	2913	XLON	15:31:53
464	2913	XLON	15:33:41
489	2913	XLON	15:35:50
14	2915	XLON	15:37:27
100	2915	XLON	15:37:27
72	2915	XLON	15:37:27

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100	2915	XLON	15:37:27
183	2915	XLON	15:37:27
378	2915	XLON	15:39:28
430	2915	XLON	15:41:54
135	2915	XLON	15:41:54
100	2915	XLON	15:41:57
165	2915	XLON	15:41:57
107	2915	XLON	15:41:57
51	2914	XLON	15:43:04
100	2914	XLON	15:43:04
154	2914	XLON	15:43:05
436	2914	XLON	15:45:05
375	2913	XLON	15:46:30
138	2912	XLON	15:47:12
193	2912	XLON	15:48:48
330	2912	XLON	15:49:56
321	2912	XLON	15:49:56
209	2913	XLON	15:49:57
506	2913	XLON	15:49:57
357	2912	XLON	15:50:28
100	2912	XLON	15:51:04
237	2912	XLON	15:51:04
285	2912	XLON	15:51:59
334	2912	XLON	15:54:18
265	2912	XLON	15:54:18
223	2912	XLON	15:54:46
181	2912	XLON	15:54:46
250	2913	XLON	15:55:36
76	2913	XLON	15:55:36
322	2913	XLON	15:56:16
19	2913	XLON	15:56:16
386	2912	XLON	15:56:30
288	2911	XLON	15:57:14
289	2912	XLON	15:58:49
91	2912	XLON	15:58:49
297	2914	XLON	15:59:29
527	2914	XLON	15:59:34

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