British American Tobacco p.l.c. filings document foreign-issuer current reports and ADR-related disclosures for the company’s U.S.-listed American Depositary Shares. The record is centered on Form 6-K reports furnished under Exchange Act rules, with exhibits that publish company announcements, governance notices and capital-structure updates.
Recurring filing subjects include transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities, purchases under the British American Tobacco Share Incentive Plan, transactions in the company’s own shares, total voting rights and share issuance notices, major-holdings notifications, annual general meeting materials and voting results, and executive appointment announcements.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. said Bruce Sewell will join its Board as an independent Non-Executive Director on January 1, 2027, and become a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. He previously held senior legal roles at Apple and Intel and serves on the boards of Vail Resorts and C3.ai.
Effective November 30, 2026, Véronique Laury will leave the Audit Committee and join Remuneration, while Serpil Timuray will leave Remuneration and join Audit. From January 1, the Audit Committee will also include Sewell and Timuray, alongside Chair Darrell Thomas and Uta Kemmerich-Keil; the Remuneration Committee will include Chair Kandy Anand, Karen Guerra, Laury and Matthew Wright.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. disclosed that The Capital Group Companies, Inc. reported 18.023677% of voting rights, or 388,574,533 voting rights, after crossing a notification threshold on October 21, 2026; its previous notification reported 17.934796%.
The reported position comprises 291,270,072 voting rights attached to common stock and 97,304,461 attached to depository receipts. The Capital Group Companies stated that neither it nor its affiliates owns the shares for its own account; accounts under discretionary investment management hold the reported shares.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) reported that Zafar Khan, Director, Operations, acquired 1,445 ordinary shares of 25p each on October 19, 2026. The reported price was £20.76 per share, with an aggregate reported price of £29,998.20. The transaction took place outside a trading venue.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. disclosed a purchase by Karen Guerra, its Non-Executive Director, on October 14, 2026. Guerra purchased 6,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at £42.544825 per share, for an aggregate price of £255,268.95. The transaction took place on the London Stock Exchange, and the notice identifies it as an initial notification.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. reported that its share-plan trustee notified it of purchases by Tadeu Marroco (Chief Executive), Luciano Comin (Chief Marketing Officer), James Murphy (Director, Research and Science), James Barrett (Director, Business Development), Paul McCrory (Director, Legal and General Counsel), Javed Iqbal (Director, Digital and Information), and Johan Vandermeulen (Chief Operating Officer).
Each purchased 4 ordinary shares of 25p each at £40.20 per share, with an aggregate price of £160.80 per purchase. The purchases took place on October 7, 2026 under the Partnership Share Scheme, a HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan, on London Stock Exchange (XLON).
British American Tobacco p.l.c. has agreed with Merrill Lynch International to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares from October 13, 2026 through close of business on December 23, 2026. Merrill Lynch will make trading decisions independently of and uninfluenced by the Company. Shares repurchased will be cancelled, and the Programme’s purpose is to reduce the Company’s share capital.
Purchases will be made within pre-set parameters and under the general repurchase authority shareholders granted at the 2026 AGM, which permits the purchase of a maximum of 217,492,219 shares. The maximum price per share is the higher of 105% of the average market value from the LSE’s Daily Official List for the five business days before purchase and the higher of the last independent trade or highest current independent purchase bid on the trading venue. Taxes and expenses are excluded.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. reported that the independent Trustee of its Group Employee Trust released 770 ordinary shares granted to Pascale Meulemeester, Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, under the Restricted Share Plan on September 30, 2026, at £nil. Meulemeester also sold 364 shares at £41.803879 per share to meet the tax liability arising on vesting; the reported aggregate price was £15,216.61. Both transactions took place outside a trading venue.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. reported purchases from Goldman Sachs International during September 21–25, 2026: daily volumes were 100,000, 100,000, 100,000, 150,000 and 150,000 shares. It intends to cancel them; following purchase and cancellation, 2,157,884,349 ordinary shares will be in issue excluding treasury shares, and 132,648,864 will be held in treasury.
BAT remains on track toward FY2026 revenue growth of 3–5% and adjusted profit from operations growth of 4–6%, both toward the lower end, and adjusted diluted EPS growth of 5–8% toward the midpoint. These ranges are at constant rates and on an adjusted for Canada basis. It expects New Category revenue to grow by mid-teens through 2030 and contribution margin to reach at least 30% by 2030; BAT expects to be within its 2.0–2.5x target leverage range by year-end.
The November 2026 dividend is 61.26p per share, payable November 6, 2026, to holders registered October 2, 2026. For South Africa branch-register holders, the rate is 1,330.36504 SA cents per share before 20% dividends tax; the stated net rate after withholding is 1,064.29203 SA cents, unless an exemption applies. BAT issued 12,810 Sharesave Scheme shares between August 1 and August 31, 2026.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. said it would outline Horizon 2030 ambitions at its September 29, 2026 Capital Markets Day. It expects New Category revenue to grow by mid-teens through 2030, with New Category contribution margin reaching at least 30% by 2030.
For FY26, BAT remains on track toward the lower end of its 3–5% revenue growth and 4–6% adjusted profit from operations growth ranges, and the middle of its 5–8% adjusted diluted EPS growth range; these growth measures are at constant rates and adjusted for Canada. It expects to be within its 2.0–2.5x target leverage range by year-end, adjusted for Canada. Based on current spot rates, it expects a c.2–2.5% translational FX headwind on FY26 adjusted diluted EPS growth; all other guidance is unchanged.
BAT reported £25.6 billion in revenue in 2025. As of June 30, 2026, its Smokeless brands had 35.0 million adult consumers and Smokeless Products accounted for 19.8% of Group revenue. BAT targets 50 million adult consumers by 2030 and Smokeless Products at 50% of Group revenue by 2035.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) reported small open‑market share purchases by a senior executive and a related party. Kingsley Wheaton, Chief Corporate Officer, bought 57 ordinary shares at £40.76 per share on September 8, 2026 on the London Stock Exchange. On the same date, Yulia Wheaton, a person closely associated with him, bought 345 ordinary shares at £40.92 per share, also on the London Stock Exchange.