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 24, 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 24, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated September 24, 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 24, 2024

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

24 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:	23 September 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	53,930
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2842.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2822.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2832.26p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,214,944,007 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,271,256 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 23 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	23/09/2024	53,930	2832.26p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	23/09/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	23/09/2024	0	0	BATE

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Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
744	2838	XLON	09:00:57
785	2837	XLON	09:01:07
5	2839	XLON	09:02:26
301	2839	XLON	09:02:26
250	2840	XLON	09:03:04
51	2839	XLON	09:03:46
11	2839	XLON	09:03:46
219	2839	XLON	09:03:46
285	2839	XLON	09:06:33
276	2840	XLON	09:08:49
14	2840	XLON	09:10:43
246	2840	XLON	09:10:43
145	2838	XLON	09:15:58
111	2838	XLON	09:15:58
256	2839	XLON	09:18:08
245	2838	XLON	09:19:17
247	2835	XLON	09:21:04
150	2840	XLON	09:26:54
290	2841	XLON	09:30:17
284	2840	XLON	09:30:40
239	2837	XLON	09:35:38
20	2837	XLON	09:35:38
4	2837	XLON	09:35:38
71	2838	XLON	09:36:47
187	2838	XLON	09:36:47
18	2837	XLON	09:40:40
237	2837	XLON	09:40:40
48	2835	XLON	09:42:51
107	2835	XLON	09:45:56
234	2835	XLON	09:45:56
65	2835	XLON	09:52:23
6	2835	XLON	09:52:23
2	2835	XLON	09:52:23
2	2835	XLON	09:52:23
8	2835	XLON	09:52:23
220	2835	XLON	09:52:23
278	2836	XLON	09:53:11
270	2837	XLON	09:57:03
248	2836	XLON	09:58:44
10	2836	XLON	09:58:44
256	2835	XLON	10:02:57
238	2833	XLON	10:05:24
266	2833	XLON	10:08:34
256	2832	XLON	10:10:08

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257	2829	XLON	10:14:23
254	2826	XLON	10:17:18
60	2829	XLON	10:26:10
264	2829	XLON	10:26:10
13	2832	XLON	10:32:33
399	2832	XLON	10:32:33
281	2833	XLON	10:35:28
342	2832	XLON	10:35:28
290	2835	XLON	10:42:40
249	2834	XLON	10:43:35
193	2832	XLON	10:44:50
118	2832	XLON	10:44:50
274	2831	XLON	10:48:27
255	2830	XLON	10:53:33
249	2831	XLON	11:03:56
255	2831	XLON	11:07:53
257	2830	XLON	11:09:38
257	2829	XLON	11:11:00
247	2830	XLON	11:13:32
252	2830	XLON	11:13:55
248	2828	XLON	11:19:42
253	2828	XLON	11:20:51
249	2828	XLON	11:23:09
245	2828	XLON	11:27:46
248	2829	XLON	11:32:39
245	2828	XLON	11:42:10
58	2827	XLON	11:43:52
189	2827	XLON	11:43:52
248	2828	XLON	11:46:17
250	2828	XLON	11:48:37
252	2828	XLON	11:49:37
255	2828	XLON	11:53:16
251	2826	XLON	11:59:02
249	2825	XLON	12:00:15
247	2826	XLON	12:08:03
113	2825	XLON	12:08:18
132	2825	XLON	12:08:18
249	2824	XLON	12:10:44
41	2824	XLON	12:19:06
207	2824	XLON	12:19:06
245	2823	XLON	12:19:23
255	2823	XLON	12:20:35
253	2824	XLON	12:26:19
247	2825	XLON	12:30:04
250	2823	XLON	12:32:41
252	2822	XLON	12:36:31
104	2823	XLON	12:40:26
21	2823	XLON	12:51:44

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58	2823	XLON	12:51:44
239	2823	XLON	12:51:44
529	2827	XLON	13:02:51
418	2828	XLON	13:11:22
311	2827	XLON	13:11:22
143	2827	XLON	13:12:20
199	2827	XLON	13:12:20
397	2830	XLON	13:19:01
444	2829	XLON	13:21:34
347	2828	XLON	13:21:34
266	2832	XLON	13:31:07
353	2833	XLON	13:36:27
343	2832	XLON	13:37:33
308	2833	XLON	13:40:30
336	2832	XLON	13:46:58
273	2831	XLON	13:48:02
338	2829	XLON	13:52:31
266	2830	XLON	13:56:11
253	2829	XLON	13:57:25
276	2831	XLON	14:00:16
18	2831	XLON	14:00:16
284	2831	XLON	14:00:36
263	2830	XLON	14:03:42
265	2829	XLON	14:06:21
247	2829	XLON	14:11:29
352	2829	XLON	14:16:50
284	2830	XLON	14:18:57
121	2830	XLON	14:18:57
291	2831	XLON	14:20:04
8	2831	XLON	14:20:04
7	2831	XLON	14:20:04
39	2831	XLON	14:24:10
50	2834	XLON	14:25:18
229	2834	XLON	14:25:18
186	2834	XLON	14:25:18
157	2836	XLON	14:25:56
182	2836	XLON	14:25:56
280	2836	XLON	14:26:13
324	2836	XLON	14:27:06
254	2836	XLON	14:28:46
275	2838	XLON	14:30:04
279	2840	XLON	14:30:11
248	2840	XLON	14:30:26
292	2842	XLON	14:31:05
285	2840	XLON	14:31:12
59	2838	XLON	14:31:44
245	2838	XLON	14:32:01
49	2837	XLON	14:32:10

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196	2837	XLON	14:32:10
245	2838	XLON	14:32:39
283	2839	XLON	14:33:16
273	2837	XLON	14:33:46
276	2836	XLON	14:33:48
255	2835	XLON	14:34:37
257	2835	XLON	14:36:04
276	2835	XLON	14:36:21
278	2836	XLON	14:36:48
286	2836	XLON	14:37:06
55	2835	XLON	14:39:17
120	2835	XLON	14:39:17
114	2835	XLON	14:39:17
195	2837	XLON	14:40:15
298	2838	XLON	14:40:45
273	2836	XLON	14:41:55
105	2835	XLON	14:43:30
225	2835	XLON	14:43:30
339	2834	XLON	14:43:31
282	2834	XLON	14:44:27
51	2834	XLON	14:45:00
100	2834	XLON	14:45:00
50	2834	XLON	14:45:00
60	2834	XLON	14:45:00
150	2832	XLON	14:46:11
300	2834	XLON	14:47:33
22	2834	XLON	14:47:33
307	2833	XLON	14:48:15
46	2830	XLON	14:49:02
20	2830	XLON	14:49:16
237	2830	XLON	14:49:16
129	2831	XLON	14:50:27
156	2831	XLON	14:50:27
267	2833	XLON	14:51:08
269	2833	XLON	14:52:24
100	2834	XLON	14:53:05
172	2834	XLON	14:53:05
264	2833	XLON	14:55:25
273	2832	XLON	14:55:56
259	2831	XLON	14:56:34
267	2830	XLON	14:57:07
166	2829	XLON	14:58:19
116	2829	XLON	14:58:19
295	2828	XLON	14:58:32
260	2830	XLON	14:59:59
150	2831	XLON	15:00:51
316	2828	XLON	15:01:41
352	2829	XLON	15:03:01

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254	2829	XLON	15:05:19
153	2829	XLON	15:05:19
251	2831	XLON	15:06:32
86	2830	XLON	15:06:32
275	2831	XLON	15:09:40
39	2831	XLON	15:10:12
302	2832	XLON	15:10:28
175	2831	XLON	15:11:30
92	2831	XLON	15:11:30
176	2830	XLON	15:11:30
103	2830	XLON	15:11:30
175	2830	XLON	15:13:14
323	2831	XLON	15:13:20
355	2831	XLON	15:14:17
294	2831	XLON	15:15:49
297	2831	XLON	15:16:44
236	2830	XLON	15:17:29
143	2830	XLON	15:17:29
9	2830	XLON	15:17:29
394	2831	XLON	15:19:01
261	2833	XLON	15:23:19
269	2833	XLON	15:23:34
269	2832	XLON	15:24:38
42	2831	XLON	15:24:38
275	2831	XLON	15:24:38
100	2832	XLON	15:26:00
200	2832	XLON	15:26:00
156	2832	XLON	15:26:00
393	2832	XLON	15:27:13
32	2831	XLON	15:30:39
244	2831	XLON	15:30:50
298	2831	XLON	15:32:25
293	2831	XLON	15:32:34
299	2831	XLON	15:33:31
378	2831	XLON	15:35:23
394	2830	XLON	15:36:39
291	2832	XLON	15:38:16
56	2832	XLON	15:38:26
224	2832	XLON	15:38:26
378	2833	XLON	15:40:22
200	2833	XLON	15:43:20
64	2833	XLON	15:43:21
385	2832	XLON	15:45:24
200	2833	XLON	15:46:23
148	2833	XLON	15:46:27
38	2833	XLON	15:48:02
30	2833	XLON	15:48:02
232	2833	XLON	15:49:11

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115	2832	XLON	15:49:29
21	2832	XLON	15:49:29
91	2832	XLON	15:49:29
118	2832	XLON	15:49:29
300	2833	XLON	15:52:26
30	2833	XLON	15:52:26
185	2833	XLON	15:52:51
168	2833	XLON	15:52:51
202	2832	XLON	15:53:14
148	2832	XLON	15:53:23
13	2832	XLON	15:54:02
100	2833	XLON	15:54:18
50	2833	XLON	15:54:18
64	2833	XLON	15:54:18
36	2833	XLON	15:54:18
101	2833	XLON	15:54:18
33	2833	XLON	15:54:21
100	2833	XLON	15:54:21
100	2833	XLON	15:54:21
10	2833	XLON	15:54:21
94	2833	XLON	15:55:20
71	2834	XLON	15:57:35
255	2834	XLON	15:57:35
44	2834	XLON	15:57:35
83	2834	XLON	15:57:36
100	2834	XLON	15:57:36
50	2834	XLON	15:57:36
46	2834	XLON	15:57:36
462	2835	XLON	15:59:52
177	2835	XLON	15:59:52

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