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

 

August 28, 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 August 28, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated August 28, 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:  August 28, 2024

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

28 August 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:	27 August 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	89,600
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2795.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2774.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2782.73p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,216,295,224 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 27 August 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	27/08/2024	89,600	2782.73p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	27/08/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	27/08/2024	0	0	BATE

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Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
332	2794	XLON	08:46:35
541	2794	XLON	08:46:52
947	2793	XLON	08:47:02
305	2793	XLON	08:47:57
302	2792	XLON	08:48:27
265	2793	XLON	08:49:06
273	2791	XLON	08:49:39
54	2794	XLON	08:51:39
216	2794	XLON	08:51:39
274	2794	XLON	08:53:56
278	2795	XLON	08:54:39
73	2794	XLON	08:59:20
207	2794	XLON	08:59:20
277	2794	XLON	09:00:01
281	2794	XLON	09:00:23
285	2792	XLON	09:02:13
275	2790	XLON	09:03:00
276	2788	XLON	09:05:15
275	2787	XLON	09:07:35
279	2787	XLON	09:08:50
70	2787	XLON	09:09:22
371	2785	XLON	09:12:30
420	2785	XLON	09:18:21
334	2784	XLON	09:19:26
341	2783	XLON	09:21:03
269	2783	XLON	09:22:38
266	2783	XLON	09:25:00
266	2783	XLON	09:27:59
28	2783	XLON	09:28:42
100	2783	XLON	09:28:42
100	2783	XLON	09:28:42
54	2783	XLON	09:28:42
331	2783	XLON	09:31:30
310	2785	XLON	09:32:38
20	2784	XLON	09:34:38
246	2784	XLON	09:36:47
292	2783	XLON	09:37:26
244	2782	XLON	09:39:26
55	2782	XLON	09:39:26
134	2781	XLON	09:39:55
94	2781	XLON	09:39:57
78	2781	XLON	09:40:01
280	2781	XLON	09:40:32
78	2781	XLON	09:46:23

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28	2781	XLON	09:46:24
258	2781	XLON	09:46:24
111	2781	XLON	09:50:45
245	2781	XLON	09:50:55
61	2781	XLON	09:50:59
452	2782	XLON	09:54:23
132	2782	XLON	09:54:23
314	2782	XLON	09:54:32
306	2783	XLON	09:57:25
364	2784	XLON	09:59:25
322	2786	XLON	10:00:22
322	2785	XLON	10:01:02
277	2783	XLON	10:05:13
37	2783	XLON	10:05:13
309	2782	XLON	10:05:51
281	2781	XLON	10:07:52
282	2780	XLON	10:10:06
15	2781	XLON	10:12:25
24	2781	XLON	10:12:33
27	2781	XLON	10:12:33
49	2781	XLON	10:12:42
154	2781	XLON	10:15:43
276	2780	XLON	10:16:29
183	2781	XLON	10:20:32
286	2781	XLON	10:21:29
29	2780	XLON	10:21:47
39	2780	XLON	10:21:47
84	2780	XLON	10:21:48
353	2780	XLON	10:21:48
48	2780	XLON	10:25:23
219	2780	XLON	10:25:23
233	2780	XLON	10:25:47
98	2780	XLON	10:25:47
30	2782	XLON	10:29:01
279	2783	XLON	10:30:18
259	2782	XLON	10:30:58
302	2781	XLON	10:30:58
63	2782	XLON	10:33:01
73	2781	XLON	10:35:57
296	2781	XLON	10:38:04
100	2782	XLON	10:38:36
128	2783	XLON	10:40:08
155	2783	XLON	10:40:08
112	2782	XLON	10:40:49
77	2781	XLON	10:43:52
165	2781	XLON	10:43:52
88	2781	XLON	10:43:52
239	2780	XLON	10:50:15

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14	2780	XLON	10:50:15
62	2780	XLON	10:51:02
380	2781	XLON	10:52:30
270	2781	XLON	10:53:32
39	2781	XLON	10:53:32
389	2780	XLON	10:55:14
629	2780	XLON	11:07:18
420	2780	XLON	11:09:34
135	2780	XLON	11:09:34
343	2779	XLON	11:09:39
268	2778	XLON	11:09:48
368	2778	XLON	11:14:38
395	2777	XLON	11:14:56
270	2777	XLON	11:16:04
269	2778	XLON	11:18:55
266	2779	XLON	11:23:06
272	2780	XLON	11:24:45
268	2780	XLON	11:25:12
275	2778	XLON	11:28:46
269	2778	XLON	11:30:17
237	2779	XLON	11:37:56
109	2779	XLON	11:37:56
121	2779	XLON	11:46:58
229	2779	XLON	11:46:58
276	2778	XLON	11:47:17
407	2778	XLON	11:49:03
357	2778	XLON	11:52:31
3	2777	XLON	12:00:00
100	2777	XLON	12:00:00
100	2777	XLON	12:00:00
75	2777	XLON	12:00:00
233	2777	XLON	12:01:38
283	2777	XLON	12:01:38
589	2777	XLON	12:06:19
294	2777	XLON	12:07:55
370	2776	XLON	12:14:29
587	2775	XLON	12:20:19
88	2775	XLON	12:27:09
605	2775	XLON	12:27:09
11	2775	XLON	12:33:40
507	2775	XLON	12:33:40
82	2774	XLON	12:33:45
183	2774	XLON	12:33:45
387	2775	XLON	12:37:40
181	2775	XLON	12:37:40
63	2775	XLON	12:37:40
336	2775	XLON	12:40:29
366	2775	XLON	12:40:38

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323	2775	XLON	12:43:51
609	2774	XLON	12:47:15
394	2775	XLON	13:00:15
281	2774	XLON	13:03:56
107	2776	XLON	13:05:06
80	2776	XLON	13:05:06
304	2776	XLON	13:05:07
165	2776	XLON	13:05:07
473	2776	XLON	13:07:12
363	2775	XLON	13:07:17
274	2776	XLON	13:11:05
233	2775	XLON	13:11:08
313	2777	XLON	13:17:23
135	2777	XLON	13:17:23
1	2777	XLON	13:17:54
352	2777	XLON	13:28:21
243	2776	XLON	13:28:44
34	2776	XLON	13:28:49
539	2777	XLON	13:31:13
42	2776	XLON	13:31:51
521	2776	XLON	13:31:51
27	2776	XLON	13:41:21
608	2776	XLON	13:41:21
280	2775	XLON	13:43:39
611	2776	XLON	13:43:49
625	2775	XLON	13:44:19
262	2776	XLON	13:44:56
114	2776	XLON	13:45:00
290	2777	XLON	13:45:53
301	2775	XLON	13:50:02
377	2776	XLON	13:52:47
366	2777	XLON	13:54:00
267	2778	XLON	13:55:18
71	2778	XLON	13:57:16
19	2778	XLON	13:57:17
111	2778	XLON	13:57:37
361	2779	XLON	13:58:35
280	2780	XLON	14:02:45
258	2781	XLON	14:06:51
8	2781	XLON	14:06:51
1	2781	XLON	14:06:51
240	2781	XLON	14:07:50
463	2780	XLON	14:08:30
329	2779	XLON	14:09:44
396	2778	XLON	14:12:35
474	2779	XLON	14:14:52
388	2778	XLON	14:16:24
465	2780	XLON	14:19:35

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322	2780	XLON	14:20:45
1	2780	XLON	14:22:01
277	2780	XLON	14:22:10
265	2780	XLON	14:22:30
278	2780	XLON	14:22:50
20	2780	XLON	14:22:50
13	2780	XLON	14:23:11
12	2780	XLON	14:23:12
156	2780	XLON	14:23:15
43	2780	XLON	14:23:16
78	2780	XLON	14:23:22
226	2780	XLON	14:23:51
58	2780	XLON	14:23:51
85	2783	XLON	14:25:48
194	2783	XLON	14:25:58
291	2784	XLON	14:26:42
329	2786	XLON	14:30:00
52	2786	XLON	14:30:00
150	2786	XLON	14:30:00
521	2785	XLON	14:30:00
337	2785	XLON	14:30:00
464	2788	XLON	14:31:01
17	2787	XLON	14:31:02
326	2787	XLON	14:31:02
390	2788	XLON	14:31:41
853	2789	XLON	14:33:40
389	2788	XLON	14:33:49
395	2787	XLON	14:33:49
599	2788	XLON	14:35:00
673	2787	XLON	14:35:00
3	2788	XLON	14:35:58
464	2788	XLON	14:35:58
293	2788	XLON	14:36:52
4	2788	XLON	14:40:07
3	2788	XLON	14:40:07
181	2788	XLON	14:40:09
83	2788	XLON	14:40:11
3	2788	XLON	14:42:00
926	2788	XLON	14:42:00
153	2787	XLON	14:42:45
279	2787	XLON	14:42:45
984	2788	XLON	14:44:49
3	2790	XLON	14:46:29
986	2790	XLON	14:50:00
362	2789	XLON	14:51:02
679	2789	XLON	14:51:02
1027	2790	XLON	14:51:42
985	2789	XLON	14:53:07

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979	2788	XLON	14:53:21
309	2788	XLON	14:53:27
889	2787	XLON	14:53:53
317	2787	XLON	14:54:15
328	2787	XLON	14:54:42
103	2787	XLON	14:55:03
198	2787	XLON	14:55:03
411	2786	XLON	14:57:16
419	2786	XLON	14:58:53
485	2786	XLON	15:00:15
470	2786	XLON	15:00:41
294	2786	XLON	15:00:42
296	2786	XLON	15:00:42
287	2788	XLON	15:02:31
280	2788	XLON	15:03:07
512	2788	XLON	15:03:38
83	2789	XLON	15:04:31
361	2789	XLON	15:04:36
265	2789	XLON	15:05:45
41	2788	XLON	15:06:39
225	2788	XLON	15:06:39
488	2787	XLON	15:08:06
513	2785	XLON	15:11:52
579	2783	XLON	15:12:25
478	2782	XLON	15:13:00
326	2782	XLON	15:13:38
450	2781	XLON	15:14:33
61	2781	XLON	15:15:26
262	2781	XLON	15:15:26
231	2780	XLON	15:16:02
107	2780	XLON	15:16:02
334	2781	XLON	15:16:24
481	2781	XLON	15:17:52
258	2781	XLON	15:18:39
89	2781	XLON	15:18:39
49	2781	XLON	15:18:39
97	2781	XLON	15:19:11
338	2784	XLON	15:21:19
331	2784	XLON	15:21:36
265	2784	XLON	15:23:07
369	2784	XLON	15:23:46
307	2783	XLON	15:24:21
289	2783	XLON	15:24:44
267	2782	XLON	15:25:25
266	2782	XLON	15:25:55
268	2782	XLON	15:27:04
18	2783	XLON	15:28:46
435	2783	XLON	15:31:55

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650	2783	XLON	15:32:46
594	2783	XLON	15:32:48
403	2782	XLON	15:33:37
288	2781	XLON	15:33:47
356	2781	XLON	15:35:21
683	2782	XLON	15:37:54
583	2784	XLON	15:40:44
603	2784	XLON	15:41:51
636	2783	XLON	15:42:36
266	2783	XLON	15:43:03
120	2783	XLON	15:43:38
298	2783	XLON	15:43:38
448	2783	XLON	15:45:06
90	2784	XLON	15:46:03
21	2784	XLON	15:46:03
353	2784	XLON	15:46:03
280	2784	XLON	15:47:01
292	2784	XLON	15:47:17
307	2783	XLON	15:48:48
302	2782	XLON	15:49:28
55	2782	XLON	15:52:38
503	2782	XLON	15:52:40
586	2782	XLON	15:55:15
234	2782	XLON	15:55:15
317	2782	XLON	15:55:15
114	2782	XLON	15:55:16
302	2782	XLON	15:55:18
193	2782	XLON	15:55:53
369	2782	XLON	15:55:53
271	2782	XLON	15:55:53
371	2781	XLON	15:56:04
321	2782	XLON	15:56:37
196	2782	XLON	15:57:41
93	2782	XLON	15:57:41
42	2782	XLON	15:57:41
187	2782	XLON	15:58:21
180	2782	XLON	15:58:21
344	2782	XLON	15:59:01
379	2782	XLON	15:59:41
196	2782	XLON	15:59:41
96	2782	XLON	15:59:41

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