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 Exchange Act of 1934

September 26, 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 September 26, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description
Exhibit 1	Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated September 26, 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/ Nancy Jiang
	Name:	Nancy Jiang
	Title:	Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Date:  September 26, 2024

EX-1

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

26 September 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:	25 September 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	54,790
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2845.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2826.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2835.30p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,214,835,776 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 25 September 2024 is set out below.

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	25/09/2024	54,790	2835.30p	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	25/09/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	25/09/2024	0	0	BATE

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
132	2826	XLON	08:12:40
623	2826	XLON	08:12:40
283	2827	XLON	08:15:24
16	2827	XLON	08:16:12
271	2827	XLON	08:16:16
132	2827	XLON	08:16:16
467	2829	XLON	08:17:04
3	2829	XLON	08:17:06
186	2828	XLON	08:18:00
264	2828	XLON	08:18:00
339	2831	XLON	08:20:02
326	2830	XLON	08:20:14
261	2832	XLON	08:24:22
244	2832	XLON	08:26:42
252	2832	XLON	08:30:41
251	2830	XLON	08:32:26
241	2827	XLON	08:34:37
250	2826	XLON	08:38:58
243	2827	XLON	08:42:36
28	2827	XLON	08:44:00
3	2827	XLON	08:44:00
272	2828	XLON	08:47:10
172	2829	XLON	08:51:22
409	2834	XLON	08:59:55
38	2833	XLON	09:00:36
327	2833	XLON	09:00:36
244	2834	XLON	09:03:58
328	2834	XLON	09:07:21
302	2835	XLON	09:10:44
295	2834	XLON	09:11:32
279	2835	XLON	09:12:46
253	2837	XLON	09:17:10
150	2838	XLON	09:17:55
113	2838	XLON	09:17:55
154	2838	XLON	09:19:32
91	2838	XLON	09:19:32
150	2835	XLON	09:23:22
100	2835	XLON	09:23:22
101	2835	XLON	09:26:16
249	2834	XLON	09:27:38
313	2838	XLON	09:34:17
150	2837	XLON	09:34:58
326	2840	XLON	09:40:41
296	2838	XLON	09:41:33

258	2839	XLON	09:45:38
253	2839	XLON	09:47:33
245	2838	XLON	09:52:06
242	2836	XLON	09:54:52
252	2836	XLON	09:58:15
228	2835	XLON	10:01:42
259	2836	XLON	10:03:12
252	2834	XLON	10:08:53
244	2833	XLON	10:09:11
250	2834	XLON	10:16:06
253	2835	XLON	10:18:03
254	2834	XLON	10:19:47
250	2834	XLON	10:22:02
3	2834	XLON	10:25:13
46	2834	XLON	10:25:42
100	2835	XLON	10:28:27
21	2835	XLON	10:28:57
223	2835	XLON	10:28:59
262	2838	XLON	10:35:36
288	2839	XLON	10:38:13
5	2842	XLON	10:53:28
410	2842	XLON	10:53:28
8	2841	XLON	10:55:22
451	2841	XLON	10:55:22
364	2840	XLON	10:55:39
243	2841	XLON	10:58:21
8	2841	XLON	10:58:21
150	2842	XLON	11:01:33
31	2842	XLON	11:01:33
3	2843	XLON	11:06:45
269	2843	XLON	11:06:45
4	2843	XLON	11:14:45
3	2843	XLON	11:14:45
31	2843	XLON	11:15:21
30	2843	XLON	11:15:21
136	2843	XLON	11:15:25
53	2843	XLON	11:15:25
304	2844	XLON	11:21:11
34	2844	XLON	11:21:11
330	2843	XLON	11:25:00
278	2844	XLON	11:30:53
270	2843	XLON	11:31:43
315	2843	XLON	11:40:39
101	2842	XLON	11:43:18
147	2842	XLON	11:44:28
17	2842	XLON	11:44:48
318	2842	XLON	11:48:37
255	2841	XLON	11:49:59

248	2842	XLON	11:56:16
307	2841	XLON	11:56:19
273	2841	XLON	11:59:30
256	2843	XLON	12:07:48
80	2842	XLON	12:07:48
336	2842	XLON	12:12:56
293	2842	XLON	12:13:24
150	2845	XLON	12:25:59
150	2845	XLON	12:26:01
37	2845	XLON	12:27:10
150	2844	XLON	12:27:56
112	2844	XLON	12:27:58
128	2844	XLON	12:31:55
100	2844	XLON	12:31:57
77	2843	XLON	12:32:37
100	2844	XLON	12:35:24
3	2845	XLON	12:35:57
251	2845	XLON	12:35:57
188	2845	XLON	12:37:54
247	2844	XLON	12:42:34
283	2844	XLON	12:47:47
100	2842	XLON	12:49:00
28	2843	XLON	12:54:31
309	2843	XLON	12:54:31
43	2843	XLON	12:56:13
242	2843	XLON	12:56:56
150	2844	XLON	13:01:41
100	2844	XLON	13:05:28
100	2844	XLON	13:06:35
121	2844	XLON	13:06:35
259	2844	XLON	13:08:35
28	2843	XLON	13:11:43
12	2843	XLON	13:11:43
3	2843	XLON	13:11:43
91	2843	XLON	13:11:44
87	2844	XLON	13:23:31
100	2844	XLON	13:23:33
100	2844	XLON	13:23:35
11	2844	XLON	13:23:37
51	2844	XLON	13:26:38
328	2844	XLON	13:26:57
295	2843	XLON	13:28:06
35	2842	XLON	13:31:35
15	2842	XLON	13:31:35
100	2842	XLON	13:31:57
121	2842	XLON	13:31:58
321	2841	XLON	13:35:28
10	2841	XLON	13:37:13

9	2841	XLON	13:37:13
264	2841	XLON	13:37:13
252	2840	XLON	13:42:49
80	2840	XLON	13:44:30
188	2840	XLON	13:44:30
200	2839	XLON	13:49:11
51	2839	XLON	13:49:11
187	2839	XLON	13:49:22
61	2839	XLON	13:49:22
17	2840	XLON	13:53:06
3	2840	XLON	13:53:06
232	2840	XLON	13:53:06
14	2838	XLON	13:58:56
100	2838	XLON	13:59:30
100	2838	XLON	13:59:34
34	2838	XLON	13:59:37
131	2839	XLON	13:59:44
118	2839	XLON	13:59:55
100	2839	XLON	14:00:30
125	2837	XLON	14:04:16
207	2837	XLON	14:04:16
52	2837	XLON	14:06:17
236	2837	XLON	14:06:17
8	2836	XLON	14:08:31
250	2836	XLON	14:08:32
251	2836	XLON	14:11:01
242	2837	XLON	14:11:42
253	2836	XLON	14:14:04
244	2836	XLON	14:17:42
150	2836	XLON	14:19:01
102	2836	XLON	14:19:01
196	2836	XLON	14:20:13
46	2836	XLON	14:20:13
251	2836	XLON	14:22:46
252	2836	XLON	14:24:07
65	2837	XLON	14:28:05
100	2837	XLON	14:28:07
80	2837	XLON	14:28:09
18	2837	XLON	14:29:16
271	2837	XLON	14:29:16
249	2836	XLON	14:30:00
109	2838	XLON	14:30:04
128	2838	XLON	14:30:05
15	2838	XLON	14:30:06
247	2837	XLON	14:30:14
253	2836	XLON	14:30:49
242	2835	XLON	14:30:55
370	2837	XLON	14:32:46

219	2836	XLON	14:33:02
66	2836	XLON	14:33:20
219	2835	XLON	14:33:36
54	2835	XLON	14:33:36
459	2836	XLON	14:35:16
108	2836	XLON	14:35:16
370	2835	XLON	14:35:55
365	2834	XLON	14:36:07
216	2833	XLON	14:37:00
110	2833	XLON	14:37:00
200	2833	XLON	14:39:41
323	2834	XLON	14:39:43
49	2833	XLON	14:40:01
126	2833	XLON	14:40:50
181	2833	XLON	14:40:57
377	2835	XLON	14:43:41
102	2834	XLON	14:43:41
50	2834	XLON	14:43:41
100	2834	XLON	14:43:41
141	2834	XLON	14:43:41
119	2833	XLON	14:45:32
278	2833	XLON	14:45:32
43	2832	XLON	14:47:02
201	2832	XLON	14:47:02
266	2831	XLON	14:47:10
200	2831	XLON	14:48:04
48	2831	XLON	14:48:04
251	2832	XLON	14:48:37
254	2831	XLON	14:48:53
21	2832	XLON	14:50:08
67	2832	XLON	14:50:08
335	2832	XLON	14:50:19
58	2832	XLON	14:51:57
134	2832	XLON	14:51:57
66	2832	XLON	14:51:57
100	2832	XLON	14:52:54
210	2832	XLON	14:52:54
138	2831	XLON	14:54:30
87	2831	XLON	14:54:30
68	2831	XLON	14:54:30
282	2830	XLON	14:56:08
3	2829	XLON	14:56:09
3	2829	XLON	14:56:09
269	2829	XLON	14:56:09
185	2830	XLON	14:57:08
56	2830	XLON	14:57:16
39	2829	XLON	14:58:27
210	2829	XLON	14:58:27

268	2828	XLON	14:59:18
50	2828	XLON	15:00:39
33	2828	XLON	15:00:40
168	2828	XLON	15:00:40
133	2828	XLON	15:01:16
135	2828	XLON	15:01:16
100	2828	XLON	15:01:45
168	2828	XLON	15:01:45
370	2826	XLON	15:02:59
216	2827	XLON	15:05:23
43	2827	XLON	15:05:23
265	2827	XLON	15:05:55
268	2827	XLON	15:07:17
44	2827	XLON	15:07:17
100	2827	XLON	15:08:32
231	2827	XLON	15:08:42
373	2827	XLON	15:10:03
92	2829	XLON	15:10:38
335	2828	XLON	15:12:50
141	2828	XLON	15:13:17
188	2828	XLON	15:13:17
128	2828	XLON	15:15:32
245	2828	XLON	15:16:12
31	2828	XLON	15:17:08
3	2828	XLON	15:17:08
350	2829	XLON	15:18:59
251	2829	XLON	15:19:36
189	2828	XLON	15:19:45
224	2829	XLON	15:20:21
68	2829	XLON	15:20:21
388	2830	XLON	15:20:28
421	2828	XLON	15:23:29
167	2829	XLON	15:24:52
227	2829	XLON	15:24:52
62	2830	XLON	15:26:05
352	2832	XLON	15:26:34
24	2832	XLON	15:29:29
392	2832	XLON	15:29:29
39	2833	XLON	15:30:00
131	2833	XLON	15:30:00
142	2833	XLON	15:30:00
94	2833	XLON	15:30:00
439	2832	XLON	15:32:12
388	2831	XLON	15:33:46
13	2829	XLON	15:35:39
300	2829	XLON	15:35:39
71	2829	XLON	15:35:39
242	2833	XLON	15:40:16

261	2833	XLON	15:41:06
314	2834	XLON	15:42:56
302	2833	XLON	15:43:03
256	2834	XLON	15:45:10
30	2834	XLON	15:45:37
100	2834	XLON	15:45:46
100	2834	XLON	15:45:54
28	2834	XLON	15:46:07
96	2835	XLON	15:46:30
100	2835	XLON	15:46:49
120	2835	XLON	15:46:49
200	2835	XLON	15:46:56
114	2835	XLON	15:47:05
215	2835	XLON	15:49:09
100	2835	XLON	15:49:09
91	2835	XLON	15:49:10
322	2836	XLON	15:51:17
412	2838	XLON	15:52:25
379	2840	XLON	15:54:57
379	2839	XLON	15:55:20
133	2840	XLON	15:56:30
248	2840	XLON	15:56:30
362	2839	XLON	15:58:51
274	2839	XLON	15:59:00
97	2839	XLON	15:59:11
69	2840	XLON	15:59:27