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British American Tobacco p.l.c.
02 January 2025
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 Merrill Lynch International as part of its buyback programme announced on 18 March 2024:
Date of purchase: | 31 December 2024 |
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased: | 88,767 |
Highest price paid per share (pence): | 2,875.00p |
Lowest price paid per share (pence): | 2,868.00p |
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): | 2,872.6122p |
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,209,380,411 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,266,206 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 Merrill Lynch International on 31 December 2024 is set out below.
The Company also announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the 2024 part of the share buyback programme has been completed. Since the commencement of this buyback programme on 18 March 2024, the Company has repurchased 27,571,116 ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price of 2,537.29 pence per ordinary share for a total consideration of £699,558,308.65. As announced on 12 December 2024, the 2025 part of the share buyback programme will commence on 2 January 2025 and end no later than 31 December 2025 (subject to approval of its share buyback programme at the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2025).
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012 | IR_team@bat.com
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 | 31/12/2024 | 75,252 | 2,872.5377p | LSE |
British American Tobacco p.l.c. | GB0002875804 | 31/12/2024 | 10,036 | 2,873.1991p | CHIX |
British American Tobacco p.l.c. | GB0002875804 | 31/12/2024 | 3,479 | 2,872.5320p | BATE |
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (per share) | Market | Time of transaction |
117 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:00:25 |
186 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 08:00:29 |
189 | 2,872.00 | LSE | 08:00:29 |
31 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:00:29 |
728 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 08:01:21 |
200 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:02:04 |
56 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:02:04 |
310 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:02:04 |
383 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:03:15 |
170 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:03:15 |
251 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:04:11 |
777 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:05:04 |
769 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:08:38 |
43 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:09:50 |
1,411 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:16:58 |
639 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:18:23 |
1,052 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:18:23 |
327 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:18:56 |
323 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:20:46 |
440 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:22:56 |
842 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:22:56 |
1,969 | 2,872.00 | LSE | 08:30:00 |
104 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:30:18 |
1,112 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:30:18 |
336 | 2,870.00 | BATE | 08:30:23 |
48 | 2,869.00 | BATE | 08:30:32 |
405 | 2,869.00 | BATE | 08:30:32 |
53 | 2,869.00 | BATE | 08:31:18 |
236 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:31:18 |
1,928 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:31:18 |
485 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:31:18 |
29 | 2,868.00 | BATE | 08:33:11 |
691 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:38:00 |
104 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:38:00 |
356 | 2,869.00 | LSE | 08:47:00 |
809 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:48:36 |
160 | 2,870.00 | CHIX | 08:48:36 |
440 | 2,870.00 | CHIX | 08:48:36 |
1,043 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:48:36 |
650 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:54:35 |
38 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:54:35 |
2,561 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:54:35 |
495 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:55:09 |
196 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:55:09 |
61 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:55:09 |
149 | 2,872.00 | CHIX | 08:56:58 |
389 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:09 |
197 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:13 |
374 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:13 |
100 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:18 |
233 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:18 |
200 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:18 |
367 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:18 |
189 | 2,871.00 | CHIX | 08:57:18 |
763 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 08:57:18 |
317 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:58:28 |
164 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 08:58:28 |
102 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 09:00:40 |
206 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 09:00:40 |
37 | 2,870.00 | CHIX | 09:01:02 |
2,601 | 2,870.00 | LSE | 09:01:02 |
290 | 2,872.00 | CHIX | 09:04:57 |
210 | 2,872.00 | LSE | 09:04:57 |
1,484 | 2,872.00 | LSE | 09:04:57 |
1,426 | 2,872.00 | LSE | 09:04:57 |
1,150 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 09:05:19 |
740 | 2,871.00 | CHIX | 09:05:19 |
859 | 2,871.00 | LSE | 09:05:19 |
126 | 2,871.00 | CHIX | 09:06:54 |
200 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:11:09 |
111 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:14:42 |
387 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:15:13 |
43 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:22:57 |
1,947 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:22:57 |
68 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:22:57 |
594 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:22:57 |
490 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:22:57 |
229 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:22:57 |
76 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:22:57 |
21 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:22:57 |
2,744 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:24:21 |
503 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:24:21 |
77 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:24:24 |
52 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:24:24 |
265 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:24:24 |
35 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:24:24 |
74 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:24:26 |
73 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:24:26 |
546 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:24:29 |
320 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:25:00 |
4,686 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:28:37 |
70 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:40 |
281 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:40 |
34 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:40 |
67 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:40 |
281 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
74 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
76 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
281 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
135 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
84 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:28:42 |
216 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:29:40 |
759 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:29:40 |
31 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:29:40 |
309 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:29:56 |
605 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:31:00 |
9 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:25 |
121 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:25 |
19 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:25 |
281 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
32 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
72 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
64 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
107 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
281 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
86 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
75 | 2,875.00 | CHIX | 09:31:28 |
415 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:32:18 |
1,860 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:32:18 |
606 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:32:18 |
1,131 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:36:03 |
224 | 2,874.00 | CHIX | 09:36:03 |
52 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:36:03 |
620 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:36:03 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:04 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:04 |
35 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:04 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:07 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:07 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:07 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:07 |
28 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
30 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
27 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
29 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
30 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
28 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:09 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:13 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:13 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:15 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:15 |
26 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
26 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
31 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
28 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:18 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
29 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
47 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:22 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
29 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
24 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:25 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:27 |
25 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:27 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:27 |
27 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:30 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:30 |
28 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:33 |
142 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:36 |
23 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:36 |
28 | 2,874.00 | BATE | 09:36:36 |
56 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:40:38 |
369 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:40:57 |
2,687 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:40:57 |
2,297 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:44:27 |
5,881 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:44:54 |
3,869 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:45:09 |
342 | 2,875.00 | LSE | 09:47:53 |
35 | 2,875.00 | LSE | 09:48:03 |
2,000 | 2,875.00 | LSE | 09:48:32 |
1,004 | 2,875.00 | LSE | 09:48:32 |
950 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:48:44 |
1,272 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:48:44 |
269 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 09:49:12 |
48 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:49:12 |
375 | 2,873.00 | CHIX | 09:49:12 |
290 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 09:49:12 |
415 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 09:49:12 |
2,245 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 09:49:12 |
16 | 2,873.00 | LSE | 09:49:12 |
316 | 2,873.00 | BATE | 09:49:47 |
1,245 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:51:37 |
1,935 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:51:37 |
288 | 2,874.00 | LSE | 09:52:17 |
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