BTAFF 6-K
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 2, 2026
Commission File Number: 001-38159
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Globe House
4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
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 ☐
This report includes materials as exhibits that have been published and made available by British American Tobacco p.l.c. as of September 2, 2026.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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 2, 2026
Exhibit 1
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
(“the Company”)
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
Conditional Share Awards
On 1 September 2026, the Company granted six awards of British American Tobacco p.l.c. ordinary shares of 25p each (the “Shares”) to the following Executive Director (the “Awards”). The Awards are intended to replace long term incentives from the previous employer that were forfeited on joining the Company.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of unrestricted shares, immediately available. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.29 | 12,254 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
12,254
£505,967.66 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Restricted Share Plan which shall vest on 20 March 2027. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.29 | 14,091 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
14,091
£581,817.39 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Restricted Share Plan which shall vest on 20 March 2028. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.29 | 23,266 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
23,266
£960,653.14 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Restricted Share Plan which shall vest on 19 March 2029. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.29 | 8,304 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
8,304
£342,872.16 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Restricted Share Plan which shall vest on 20 March 2030. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.29 | 3,320 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
3,320
£137,082.80 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dragos Constantinescu | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Performance Share Plan which will vest to the extent that the performance conditions are satisfied at the end of the three-year performance period. The shares will be released following a holding period of two years on 1 September 2031. The volume below represents the maximum number of Shares that could vest assuming performance conditions are met in full. | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £45.00 | 63,777 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
63,777
£2,869,965.00 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Nancy Jiang |
| Date of notification: 2 September 2026 |
Exhibit 2
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
(“the Company”)
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
On 1 September 2026, the Company granted an award of British American Tobacco p.l.c. ordinary shares of 25p each (the “Shares”) to the following person discharging managerial responsibilities under the British American Tobacco Restricted Share Plan at an award price of 4,173 pence per Share (the “Award”). The Award will vest after three years and no further performance conditions apply in that period.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Javed Iqbal | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Director, Digital and Information | |||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
| a) | Name | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | |||
| b) | LEI | 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63 | |||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25p each
GB0002875804 | |||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of shares under the Restricted Share Plan | |||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| £41.73 | 11,981 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
11,981
£499,967.13 | |||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2026-09-01 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||
| Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Nancy Jiang |
| Date of notification: 2 September 2026 |