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 30, 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 30, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated September 30, 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 30, 2024

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

30 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:	27 September 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	89,170
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2789.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2766.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2776.33p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,214,657,952 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 27 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	27/09/2024	89,170	2776.33p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	27/09/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	27/09/2024	0	0	BATE

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Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
753	2771	XLON	09:25:46
572	2771	XLON	09:26:39
733	2770	XLON	09:27:12
296	2769	XLON	09:27:48
90	2768	XLON	09:28:11
187	2768	XLON	09:28:11
29	2767	XLON	09:28:23
238	2767	XLON	09:29:25
236	2767	XLON	09:29:26
238	2766	XLON	09:30:00
162	2766	XLON	09:30:30
76	2766	XLON	09:30:30
240	2766	XLON	09:31:26
259	2767	XLON	09:32:31
265	2768	XLON	09:36:11
258	2767	XLON	09:37:01
386	2767	XLON	09:37:29
115	2767	XLON	09:37:29
236	2766	XLON	09:37:29
261	2766	XLON	09:38:36
456	2766	XLON	09:39:40
199	2768	XLON	09:40:27
257	2768	XLON	09:40:27
733	2770	XLON	09:45:01
489	2769	XLON	09:45:11
688	2772	XLON	09:47:01
534	2771	XLON	09:48:12
246	2771	XLON	09:50:41
537	2770	XLON	09:50:41
342	2770	XLON	09:50:48
407	2769	XLON	09:51:36
393	2769	XLON	09:55:46
432	2769	XLON	09:56:42
616	2768	XLON	09:57:42
252	2767	XLON	10:00:25
23	2766	XLON	10:01:23
881	2768	XLON	10:04:52
291	2768	XLON	10:09:04
229	2768	XLON	10:09:04
505	2768	XLON	10:09:04
884	2767	XLON	10:10:20
17	2769	XLON	10:12:48
82	2769	XLON	10:13:00
942	2770	XLON	10:13:16

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128	2769	XLON	10:13:17
128	2769	XLON	10:13:17
44	2769	XLON	10:13:17
493	2769	XLON	10:15:45
206	2768	XLON	10:17:21
539	2768	XLON	10:17:21
138	2768	XLON	10:17:22
247	2769	XLON	10:19:06
21	2769	XLON	10:19:06
643	2769	XLON	10:19:38
875	2768	XLON	10:19:38
278	2769	XLON	10:19:46
10	2769	XLON	10:20:00
541	2769	XLON	10:20:06
801	2770	XLON	10:21:45
496	2770	XLON	10:23:03
100	2771	XLON	10:25:30
891	2772	XLON	10:29:10
671	2771	XLON	10:29:52
19	2770	XLON	10:30:37
572	2770	XLON	10:30:37
57	2770	XLON	10:30:40
188	2770	XLON	10:36:05
210	2772	XLON	10:40:04
386	2772	XLON	10:40:04
63	2772	XLON	10:41:54
181	2772	XLON	10:41:54
84	2772	XLON	10:41:54
214	2772	XLON	10:41:54
297	2772	XLON	10:41:54
146	2772	XLON	10:41:54
100	2773	XLON	10:42:01
828	2773	XLON	10:42:41
876	2773	XLON	10:42:48
124	2772	XLON	10:43:23
806	2772	XLON	10:43:23
915	2773	XLON	10:50:31
928	2772	XLON	10:50:39
42	2771	XLON	10:51:00
872	2771	XLON	10:52:25
597	2772	XLON	10:53:37
48	2772	XLON	10:53:37
485	2771	XLON	10:54:14
878	2770	XLON	10:57:39
882	2775	XLON	11:04:03
925	2774	XLON	11:05:29
856	2773	XLON	11:05:55
353	2772	XLON	11:08:02

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258	2771	XLON	11:09:55
234	2771	XLON	11:09:55
396	2771	XLON	11:11:02
40	2771	XLON	11:11:11
251	2770	XLON	11:19:00
783	2770	XLON	11:27:01
214	2770	XLON	11:27:01
212	2771	XLON	11:28:24
78	2771	XLON	11:28:24
919	2770	XLON	11:28:25
367	2771	XLON	11:29:30
519	2771	XLON	11:29:30
241	2770	XLON	11:33:13
300	2770	XLON	11:33:13
881	2771	XLON	11:34:57
391	2770	XLON	11:35:03
892	2771	XLON	11:36:13
891	2770	XLON	11:36:24
433	2769	XLON	11:37:38
117	2772	XLON	11:38:30
489	2772	XLON	11:38:30
654	2774	XLON	11:42:14
259	2773	XLON	11:44:03
707	2776	XLON	11:46:33
667	2777	XLON	11:53:15
737	2776	XLON	11:53:43
678	2776	XLON	11:54:57
192	2776	XLON	11:54:57
731	2776	XLON	11:57:17
880	2779	XLON	12:02:31
697	2779	XLON	12:02:33
541	2780	XLON	12:03:47
649	2782	XLON	12:04:45
240	2781	XLON	12:07:40
563	2780	XLON	12:07:40
237	2780	XLON	12:07:40
336	2780	XLON	12:07:40
433	2783	XLON	12:09:19
30	2785	XLON	12:10:38
70	2785	XLON	12:10:38
111	2785	XLON	12:10:38
212	2785	XLON	12:10:38
116	2784	XLON	12:11:48
24	2784	XLON	12:11:48
279	2784	XLON	12:11:48
425	2785	XLON	12:15:21
661	2786	XLON	12:16:40
563	2785	XLON	12:17:55

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238	2784	XLON	12:18:12
315	2783	XLON	12:19:10
372	2782	XLON	12:19:10
200	2784	XLON	12:21:44
76	2784	XLON	12:22:17
100	2785	XLON	12:25:43
43	2785	XLON	12:25:43
474	2785	XLON	12:25:43
609	2785	XLON	12:27:55
84	2784	XLON	12:28:27
572	2787	XLON	12:29:22
289	2787	XLON	12:30:11
241	2788	XLON	12:31:00
108	2787	XLON	12:31:16
121	2788	XLON	12:37:21
442	2788	XLON	12:37:21
25	2787	XLON	12:38:23
76	2787	XLON	12:38:37
122	2787	XLON	12:39:25
85	2787	XLON	12:39:54
95	2787	XLON	12:40:57
827	2787	XLON	12:41:43
722	2787	XLON	12:45:49
924	2787	XLON	12:48:22
545	2786	XLON	12:48:31
793	2785	XLON	12:50:41
575	2785	XLON	12:50:51
69	2784	XLON	12:51:59
527	2784	XLON	12:52:33
142	2784	XLON	12:52:33
126	2784	XLON	12:52:56
127	2784	XLON	12:53:27
121	2784	XLON	12:56:07
133	2784	XLON	13:02:10
653	2784	XLON	13:02:10
850	2784	XLON	13:03:07
874	2786	XLON	13:04:40
91	2786	XLON	13:06:25
107	2786	XLON	13:07:01
336	2786	XLON	13:07:01
432	2786	XLON	13:09:41
713	2786	XLON	13:13:13
910	2785	XLON	13:13:19
259	2785	XLON	13:13:49
245	2785	XLON	13:13:49
545	2786	XLON	13:15:19
261	2786	XLON	13:21:24
397	2786	XLON	13:21:24

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100	2787	XLON	13:27:42
804	2787	XLON	13:27:42
905	2787	XLON	13:28:18
96	2787	XLON	13:30:07
675	2787	XLON	13:30:07
76	2787	XLON	13:30:07
719	2789	XLON	13:30:45
446	2788	XLON	13:30:47
14	2788	XLON	13:31:01
484	2787	XLON	13:31:26
156	2787	XLON	13:31:34
238	2786	XLON	13:32:09
239	2785	XLON	13:32:11
396	2785	XLON	13:32:14
429	2784	XLON	13:34:53
260	2783	XLON	13:35:31
297	2782	XLON	13:37:10
405	2781	XLON	13:38:31
259	2780	XLON	13:41:02
268	2779	XLON	13:42:08
389	2779	XLON	13:42:43
272	2778	XLON	13:43:57
302	2778	XLON	13:45:04
428	2777	XLON	13:45:19
411	2777	XLON	13:46:34
808	2779	XLON	13:51:39
290	2779	XLON	13:51:39
171	2779	XLON	13:51:39
225	2779	XLON	13:51:39
252	2779	XLON	13:51:39
471	2779	XLON	13:51:39
43	2778	XLON	13:51:42
100	2779	XLON	13:52:06
195	2779	XLON	13:52:06
20	2778	XLON	13:52:06
27	2778	XLON	13:52:06
16	2778	XLON	13:52:06
520	2778	XLON	13:53:01
254	2777	XLON	13:53:14
576	2778	XLON	13:57:12
140	2778	XLON	13:57:12
221	2778	XLON	13:57:12
246	2778	XLON	13:57:12
169	2778	XLON	13:57:12
343	2777	XLON	13:58:00
73	2777	XLON	13:58:34
233	2777	XLON	13:58:34
103	2777	XLON	13:58:34

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83	2778	XLON	13:59:45
100	2778	XLON	13:59:45
111	2778	XLON	13:59:56
476	2778	XLON	13:59:56

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