6-K

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 and Exchange Act of 1934

March 27, 2020

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 ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

This report includes materials as exhibits that have been published and made available by British American Tobacco p.l.c. as of March 27, 2020.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description
Exhibit 1	Press Release entitled “Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2019 and Annual General Meeting 2020” dated March 27, 2020.
Exhibit 2	Press Release entitled “TR-1: Notification of major holdings” dated March 27, 2020.

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/ Bridget Creegan
	Name:	Bridget Creegan
	Title:	Deputy Company Secretary

Date:  March 27, 2020

EX-1

Exhibit 1

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2019 and Annual General Meeting 2020

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the “Company” or “BAT”) reports that the following documents are being mailed and made available to its shareholders (as applicable) today, 27 March 2020. Those documents with a web-link shown are also available to be viewed or downloaded on the British American Tobacco website as indicated:

(1)	Annual Report 2019 (including the Strategic Report 2019)(1) www.bat.com/annualreport
(2)	Performance Summary 2019 www.bat.com/annualreport
(3)	Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020 www.bat.com/AGM
(4)	Proxy Form
(5)	Proxy Form - South Africa
(6)	Voting Instruction Form - South Africa

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of each of the above documents⁽¹⁾ will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection via the following link: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Note:

(1)   On 26 March 2020, the Company announced that the Annual Report 2019 was published to be viewed or downloaded on the Company’s website and was submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. The relevant disclosures were also made with reference to the requirements of Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Arrangements for the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) in light of CoVid-19

BAT is closely monitoring the CoVid-19 situation, including UK Government measures, and will continue to do so in the lead up to the AGM.

In order to ensure the health and safety of shareholders and BAT staff, shareholders should note that the AGM will focus only on those matters required by law and regulation. Aside from the formal meeting, there will not be the usual refreshments and other opportunities to meet members of the BAT Board and management team informally.

In light of the current UK Government measures on staying at home and away from others (social distancing) to reduce the transmission of CoVid-19, and specifically the avoidance of gatherings and non-essential use of public transport, shareholders are advised not to attend the meeting in person this year if the measures continue to be the same or even more restrictive.

As such, the Board urges all shareholders to appoint a proxy as early as possible in order to vote on the matters being considered at the meeting.

The situation is developing rapidly and shareholders should note that further changes may need to be put in place at short notice in relation to the AGM this year.

Updates on the status of the AGM and any changes to the proceedings of the meeting will be published on www.bat.com/agm and announced to the stock market.

Paul McCrory

Company Secretary

27 March 2020

Enquiries:

Press Office

Anna Vickerstaff

+44 (0) 20 7845 2888 (24 hours)  | @BATPress 

Investor Relations

Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney        

+44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263

EX-2

Exhibit 2

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

TR-1: Notification of major holdings

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			British American Tobacco p.l.c.
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			N/A
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			25 March 2020
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			26 March 2020
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	11.9711%	0.0000%		11.9711%	2,294,183,992
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	12.0049%	0.0000%		12.0049%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares (ISIN:GB0002875804)		248,458,709		10.8299%
ADRs (ISIN:US1104481072)		26,180,392		1.1412%
SUBTOTAL 8. A	274,639,101		11.9711%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights
N/A
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:	11.9711%	0.0000%	11.9711%
●Capital Bank & Trust Company2
● Capital International, Inc.1
● Capital International Limited1
● Capital International Sàrl1
● Capital Research and Management Company2	11.6630%	0.0000%	11.6630%
1Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 2Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held		N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held		N/A

11. Additional information^xvi

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (“CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients.  CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.  CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of four investment management companies (“CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K.  CGII management companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients.  CB&T is a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account.  Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

Place of completion	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date of completion	26 March 2020

Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:

B Creegan

Deputy Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

27 March 2020

Enquiries:
Investor Relations
Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney

+44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263