British American Tobacco Share News (BATS)

IN BRIEF: British American Tobacco prices USD1.70 billion bond offer

British American Tobacco PLC - London-based maker of cigarettes and vapes - Prices an offering of USD1.70 billion guaranteed bonds. These issues consist of USD850.0 million 5.834% notes due 2031, and USD850.0 million 6.000% notes due 2034. Says its subsidiary BAT Capital Corp is issuing these notes. Says notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the group. The issuance of the notes is expected to close on Tuesday next week, subject to customary closing conditions. BAT intends to use the net proceeds of the offering of the notes for general corporate purposes, including the potential repayment of existing indebtedness.

Italian watchdog fines BAT and Amazon combined €7m

(Sharecast News) - British American Tobacco and Amazon have been fined a total of €7m by Italy's competition watchdog over "misleading" advertising.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Bank starts Deliveroo at 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Softer earnings weigh on underperforming FTSE 100

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 ended lower on Thursday, with mixed corporate updates keeping a lid on enthusiasm, while in New York the S&P 500 has the 5,000 point mark in touching distance.

London close: Stocks slip as US jobless claims fall

(Sharecast News) - London markets experienced a downturn in trading on Thursday, with stocks relinquishing earlier gains as investors processed a decrease in jobless claims in the United States.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: DS Smith surges on takeover approach from Mondi

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday Thursday, as markets struggled to find direction amid a mixed wave of corporate updates and earnings.

TOP NEWS: British American Tobacco shares up despite swing to loss

(Alliance News) - British American Tobacco PLC on Thursday said it was committed to dividend growth as it reported a swing to a loss amid a decline in revenue.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Unilever up on buyback; BAT ups dividend

(Alliance News) - THE FTSE 100 in London opened slightly higher on Thursday, with earnings from British American Tobacco and Unilever boosting the index.

British American Tobacco swings to loss on US writedown

(Sharecast News) - British American Tobacco said on Thursday that it swung to a full-year loss mainly due to an impairment charge related to its US business.

LONDON BRIEFING: Unilever sets new buyback; Astra profit surges

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open slightly higher on Thursday, as investors eye a busy day of earnings.

IN BRIEF: British American Tobacco makes Holly Koeppel senior director

British American Tobacco PLC - London-based maker of cigarettes and vapes - Promotes Holly Keller Koeppel to senior independent director, replacing Sue Farr, who will leave the board at the annual general meeting on April 24. Farr and Dimitri Panayotopoulos will step down as directors, having served for nine years. Koeppel has been a BAT non-executive director since July 2017, joining as part of BAT's acquisition of all of tobacco peer Reynolds American Inc. She had worked at Citi Infrastucture Investors.

London close: Stocks mixed as US payrolls come in red-hot

(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets closed with mixed results on Friday, as investors were confronted by an unexpectedly strong US labour market as revealed in the latest US non-farm payrolls report.

BAT, Philip Morris settle patent infringement litigations over heated tobacco, vapour products

(Sharecast News) - British American Tobacco said on Friday that it has reached a global settlement with Philip Morris International to resolve all ongoing patent infringement litigations between the two related to its heated tobacco and vapour products.

TOP NEWS: Philip Morris and British American Tobacco halt patent fight

(Alliance News) - Philip Morris International Inc and British American Tobacco PLC on Friday said that they had reached a global settlement following months of litigation over non-smoke tobacco products.

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