BTI 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
October 10, 2024
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 October 10, 2024.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description |
|---|---|
| Exhibit 1 | Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated October 10, 2024. |
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/ Christopher Worlock | |
| Name: | Christopher Worlock | |
| Title: | Assistant Secretary |
Date: October 10, 2024
Exhibit 1
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
10 October 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: | 9 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased: | 62,963 |
| Highest price paid per share (pence): | 2,701.00p |
| Lowest price paid per share (pence): | 2,687.00p |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): | 2,694.63p |
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,213,964,413 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 9 October 2024 is set out below.
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012 | [email protected]
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 | 09/10/2024 | 62,963 | 2,694.63p | LSE |
| British American Tobacco p.l.c. | GB0002875804 | 09/10/2024 | 0 | 0 | CHIX |
| British American Tobacco p.l.c. | GB0002875804 | 09/10/2024 | 0 | 0 | BATE |
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions
| Number of shares<br><br> purchased | Transaction price<br><br> (per share) | Market | Time of transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 2699 | XLON | 09:20:45 |
| 696 | 2699 | XLON | 09:21:25 |
| 771 | 2698 | XLON | 09:22:51 |
| 844 | 2697 | XLON | 09:23:09 |
| 373 | 2696 | XLON | 09:23:56 |
| 248 | 2696 | XLON | 09:35:44 |
| 391 | 2695 | XLON | 09:35:44 |
| 593 | 2694 | XLON | 09:35:45 |
| 237 | 2695 | XLON | 09:35:48 |
| 75 | 2694 | XLON | 09:43:46 |
| 20 | 2694 | XLON | 09:45:11 |
| 355 | 2694 | XLON | 09:45:11 |
| 464 | 2694 | XLON | 09:49:02 |
| 327 | 2693 | XLON | 09:49:47 |
| 137 | 2694 | XLON | 09:50:22 |
| 144 | 2694 | XLON | 09:51:11 |
| 29 | 2694 | XLON | 09:51:11 |
| 20 | 2694 | XLON | 09:54:55 |
| 9 | 2694 | XLON | 09:55:27 |
| 3 | 2694 | XLON | 09:55:27 |
| 332 | 2694 | XLON | 09:55:27 |
| 292 | 2694 | XLON | 09:57:53 |
| 381 | 2694 | XLON | 10:03:21 |
| 15 | 2695 | XLON | 10:08:10 |
| 3 | 2695 | XLON | 10:08:10 |
| 464 | 2695 | XLON | 10:08:10 |
| 726 | 2697 | XLON | 10:15:35 |
| 310 | 2697 | XLON | 10:15:49 |
| 100 | 2697 | XLON | 10:20:37 |
| 20 | 2697 | XLON | 10:20:37 |
| 316 | 2699 | XLON | 10:28:55 |
| 355 | 2699 | XLON | 10:28:55 |
| 396 | 2698 | XLON | 10:30:23 |
| 18 | 2698 | XLON | 10:30:57 |
| 317 | 2698 | XLON | 10:30:57 |
| 419 | 2699 | XLON | 10:31:26 |
| 392 | 2699 | XLON | 10:31:31 |
| 288 | 2700 | XLON | 10:31:59 |
| 274 | 2699 | XLON | 10:33:45 |
| 275 | 2698 | XLON | 10:34:43 |
| 257 | 2701 | XLON | 10:36:22 |
| 228 | 2700 | XLON | 10:36:22 |
| 249 | 2701 | XLON | 10:42:25 |
| 248 | 2700 | XLON | 10:44:46 |
| 245 | 2700 | XLON | 10:45:49 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | 2700 | XLON | 10:49:38 |
| 247 | 2700 | XLON | 10:59:04 |
| 349 | 2701 | XLON | 11:02:55 |
| 80 | 2701 | XLON | 11:03:44 |
| 4 | 2700 | XLON | 11:10:00 |
| 4 | 2700 | XLON | 11:10:00 |
| 415 | 2700 | XLON | 11:10:00 |
| 507 | 2699 | XLON | 11:11:05 |
| 390 | 2699 | XLON | 11:14:56 |
| 409 | 2699 | XLON | 11:20:13 |
| 376 | 2698 | XLON | 11:24:30 |
| 14 | 2699 | XLON | 11:29:13 |
| 390 | 2699 | XLON | 11:29:13 |
| 19 | 2698 | XLON | 11:34:04 |
| 389 | 2698 | XLON | 11:34:04 |
| 121 | 2699 | XLON | 11:35:22 |
| 245 | 2699 | XLON | 11:35:22 |
| 324 | 2698 | XLON | 11:40:04 |
| 277 | 2697 | XLON | 11:47:50 |
| 312 | 2696 | XLON | 11:50:24 |
| 407 | 2695 | XLON | 11:50:29 |
| 428 | 2695 | XLON | 11:59:20 |
| 11 | 2694 | XLON | 12:01:41 |
| 200 | 2694 | XLON | 12:01:41 |
| 198 | 2694 | XLON | 12:01:41 |
| 139 | 2695 | XLON | 12:05:05 |
| 285 | 2695 | XLON | 12:05:33 |
| 515 | 2695 | XLON | 12:11:17 |
| 26 | 2695 | XLON | 12:11:17 |
| 89 | 2694 | XLON | 12:11:44 |
| 128 | 2694 | XLON | 12:11:44 |
| 170 | 2694 | XLON | 12:11:44 |
| 170 | 2694 | XLON | 12:14:17 |
| 107 | 2694 | XLON | 12:15:34 |
| 463 | 2694 | XLON | 12:31:00 |
| 6 | 2694 | XLON | 12:34:45 |
| 414 | 2693 | XLON | 12:39:54 |
| 822 | 2694 | XLON | 12:42:14 |
| 500 | 2694 | XLON | 12:43:04 |
| 362 | 2694 | XLON | 12:43:40 |
| 163 | 2693 | XLON | 12:44:46 |
| 616 | 2693 | XLON | 12:46:02 |
| 21 | 2694 | XLON | 12:49:10 |
| 297 | 2694 | XLON | 12:50:38 |
| 252 | 2694 | XLON | 12:54:25 |
| 10 | 2695 | XLON | 13:15:06 |
| 10 | 2695 | XLON | 13:15:06 |
| 811 | 2695 | XLON | 13:18:18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 693 | 2694 | XLON | 13:18:30 |
| 5 | 2694 | XLON | 13:21:27 |
| 508 | 2694 | XLON | 13:21:27 |
| 100 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 4 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 1 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 2 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 1 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 208 | 2693 | XLON | 13:22:11 |
| 8 | 2692 | XLON | 13:30:17 |
| 102 | 2692 | XLON | 13:30:17 |
| 8 | 2692 | XLON | 13:30:17 |
| 641 | 2692 | XLON | 13:30:17 |
| 295 | 2691 | XLON | 13:32:00 |
| 251 | 2690 | XLON | 13:34:14 |
| 331 | 2689 | XLON | 13:35:36 |
| 1 | 2688 | XLON | 13:35:51 |
| 433 | 2690 | XLON | 13:42:08 |
| 266 | 2689 | XLON | 13:43:36 |
| 602 | 2690 | XLON | 13:51:15 |
| 29 | 2689 | XLON | 13:53:03 |
| 470 | 2689 | XLON | 13:53:03 |
| 384 | 2690 | XLON | 13:56:22 |
| 82 | 2690 | XLON | 13:56:43 |
| 549 | 2690 | XLON | 14:01:03 |
| 9 | 2690 | XLON | 14:05:45 |
| 407 | 2690 | XLON | 14:05:45 |
| 446 | 2690 | XLON | 14:05:47 |
| 427 | 2690 | XLON | 14:07:33 |
| 278 | 2690 | XLON | 14:08:03 |
| 6 | 2689 | XLON | 14:12:49 |
| 461 | 2689 | XLON | 14:12:49 |
| 40 | 2689 | XLON | 14:21:29 |
| 536 | 2689 | XLON | 14:23:00 |
| 909 | 2691 | XLON | 14:26:41 |
| 543 | 2691 | XLON | 14:29:59 |
| 805 | 2690 | XLON | 14:29:59 |
| 572 | 2690 | XLON | 14:30:02 |
| 857 | 2689 | XLON | 14:30:05 |
| 142 | 2688 | XLON | 14:30:05 |
| 100 | 2688 | XLON | 14:30:05 |
| 87 | 2688 | XLON | 14:30:05 |
| 152 | 2687 | XLON | 14:30:29 |
| 74 | 2690 | XLON | 14:31:14 |
| 75 | 2690 | XLON | 14:31:14 |
| 151 | 2690 | XLON | 14:31:14 |
| 33 | 2690 | XLON | 14:31:14 |
| 6 | 2690 | XLON | 14:31:14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | 2691 | XLON | 14:31:54 |
| 610 | 2693 | XLON | 14:33:03 |
| 528 | 2693 | XLON | 14:33:40 |
| 473 | 2693 | XLON | 14:34:08 |
| 438 | 2693 | XLON | 14:34:29 |
| 134 | 2695 | XLON | 14:35:01 |
| 65 | 2695 | XLON | 14:35:20 |
| 235 | 2695 | XLON | 14:35:20 |
| 60 | 2695 | XLON | 14:35:20 |
| 109 | 2695 | XLON | 14:35:20 |
| 380 | 2695 | XLON | 14:36:03 |
| 3 | 2694 | XLON | 14:36:20 |
| 155 | 2694 | XLON | 14:36:20 |
| 333 | 2694 | XLON | 14:36:20 |
| 55 | 2695 | XLON | 14:37:55 |
| 292 | 2695 | XLON | 14:38:05 |
| 165 | 2695 | XLON | 14:39:27 |
| 436 | 2695 | XLON | 14:39:27 |
| 198 | 2695 | XLON | 14:40:20 |
| 277 | 2695 | XLON | 14:40:38 |
| 80 | 2694 | XLON | 14:41:25 |
| 204 | 2694 | XLON | 14:41:25 |
| 156 | 2695 | XLON | 14:42:45 |
| 356 | 2695 | XLON | 14:42:45 |
| 712 | 2696 | XLON | 14:44:56 |
| 476 | 2697 | XLON | 14:46:25 |
| 582 | 2697 | XLON | 14:46:27 |
| 506 | 2696 | XLON | 14:47:10 |
| 280 | 2696 | XLON | 14:47:49 |
| 534 | 2696 | XLON | 14:51:02 |
| 77 | 2696 | XLON | 14:51:47 |
| 401 | 2696 | XLON | 14:51:48 |
| 538 | 2697 | XLON | 14:54:03 |
| 661 | 2697 | XLON | 14:56:10 |
| 18 | 2696 | XLON | 14:58:41 |
| 427 | 2696 | XLON | 14:58:41 |
| 868 | 2698 | XLON | 15:01:18 |
| 144 | 2697 | XLON | 15:02:25 |
| 731 | 2697 | XLON | 15:02:25 |
| 751 | 2696 | XLON | 15:02:48 |
| 445 | 2695 | XLON | 15:04:10 |
| 572 | 2696 | XLON | 15:05:33 |
| 279 | 2696 | XLON | 15:05:48 |
| 567 | 2695 | XLON | 15:07:13 |
| 493 | 2696 | XLON | 15:10:15 |
| 155 | 2695 | XLON | 15:11:34 |
| 364 | 2695 | XLON | 15:11:34 |
| 9 | 2695 | XLON | 15:11:34 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:08 |
| 12 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:31 |
| 32 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:31 |
| 137 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:31 |
| 3 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:31 |
| 68 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:31 |
| 27 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:35 |
| 3 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:42 |
| 21 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:42 |
| 3 | 2695 | XLON | 15:14:42 |
| 958 | 2696 | XLON | 15:15:21 |
| 149 | 2696 | XLON | 15:15:21 |
| 42 | 2695 | XLON | 15:15:25 |
| 133 | 2695 | XLON | 15:15:25 |
| 326 | 2695 | XLON | 15:15:31 |
| 358 | 2694 | XLON | 15:16:27 |
| 21 | 2693 | XLON | 15:18:27 |
| 10 | 2693 | XLON | 15:18:27 |
| 3 | 2693 | XLON | 15:18:27 |
| 544 | 2694 | XLON | 15:18:44 |
| 335 | 2693 | XLON | 15:19:26 |
| 265 | 2692 | XLON | 15:19:48 |
| 278 | 2692 | XLON | 15:19:55 |
| 286 | 2691 | XLON | 15:20:35 |
| 149 | 2693 | XLON | 15:22:17 |
| 17 | 2693 | XLON | 15:22:17 |
| 98 | 2693 | XLON | 15:22:17 |
| 303 | 2693 | XLON | 15:23:14 |
| 183 | 2693 | XLON | 15:23:14 |
| 70 | 2693 | XLON | 15:24:40 |
| 428 | 2694 | XLON | 15:27:33 |
| 1327 | 2694 | XLON | 15:27:33 |
| 293 | 2694 | XLON | 15:28:34 |
| 382 | 2694 | XLON | 15:29:14 |
| 387 | 2694 | XLON | 15:29:34 |