British American Tobacco p.l.c. submitted a Form 6-K as a foreign private issuer, furnishing a press release titled “Firmly on track to deliver FY guidance, driven by continued U.S. delivery and New Category momentum.”
Selected portions of that press release are expressly incorporated by reference into several existing Form S-8 and Form F-3 registration statements and related prospectuses for the group’s financing entities. Other specified sections of the press release, including certain guidance language, webcasting details, non-GAAP notes and tables, are explicitly excluded from incorporation. The filing is largely administrative, linking current disclosures to previously effective registration statements.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. reports a series of routine May 2026 capital market activities and insider share dealings. As at 30 April 2026, issued share capital consisted of 2,169,936,467 ordinary shares with voting rights and 132,661,545 shares held in treasury. The company issued 19,950 new shares under its Sharesave Scheme, which were admitted to trading in London.
Across several announcements, the company repurchased and intends to cancel multiple tranches of shares, reducing ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury) to 2,168,097,856 by late May as part of its ongoing buyback programme. A financing subsidiary had €500,000,000 3.375% notes due 2029 admitted to trading under the group’s Euro Medium Term Note Programme.
The filing also details numerous small share acquisitions by executives and directors through share incentive, dividend reinvestment and bonus plans, alongside one sale of 781 shares by the Chief Corporate Officer, and notes that a non-executive director has joined the supervisory board of Lanxess A.G.
Capital International Investors amended a Schedule 13G/A to report that it is the deemed beneficial owner of 136,662,623 shares of British American Tobacco P.L.C.
The filing states this represents 6.3% of 2,172,842,896 shares believed to be outstanding and includes 50,087,989 Depository Receipts. The filing shows sole voting power of 134,084,078. The amendment is signed on 05/13/2026.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. filed a report detailing multiple routine share transactions by senior managers and related persons. On 6 May 2026, executives including Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco and other directors purchased small amounts of ordinary shares under the HMRC-approved Partnership Share Scheme at around £44.11809 per share.
Additional transactions include an internal transfer of 18,330 shares at nil consideration from Director of Operations Zafar Khan to a closely associated person, and the acquisition of dividend-equivalent shares by the Chief Executive under deferred bonus and long-term incentive plans. Several managers also acquired shares on 7 May 2026 through dividend reinvestment in Computershare and the company Share Incentive Plan, all involving relatively modest share amounts.
British American Tobacco PLC reports institutional ownership disclosure by FMR LLC. FMR LLC beneficially owns 123,159,168.99 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.7% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing shows sole voting power of 109,894,891.63 and sole dispositive power of 123,159,168.99 attributed to FMR LLC and related reporting persons.