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Page URL: HTML link: Citations: MLA style: "British American Tobacco Acquires 145,000 Shares Amid Buyback Program.." The Free Library. 2025 Knowledge Bylanes 27 Dec. 2025 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/British+American+Tobacco+Acquires+145%2c000+Shares+Amid+Buyback+Program.-a0868346037 Chicago style: The Free Library. S.v. British American Tobacco Acquires 145,000 Shares Amid Buyback Program.." Retrieved Dec 27 2025 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/British+American+Tobacco+Acquires+145%2c000+Shares+Amid+Buyback+Program.-a0868346037 APA style: British American Tobacco Acquires 145,000 Shares Amid Buyback Program.. (n.d.) >The Free Library. (2014). Retrieved Dec 27 2025 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/British+American+Tobacco+Acquires+145%2c000+Shares+Amid+Buyback+Program.-a0868346037London -- 18 Dec 2025 (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) British American Tobacco p.l.c. announced the acquisition of 145,000 ordinary shares as part of its ongoing buyback initiative. The transaction was executed through Goldman Sachs International in alignment with the authorization granted by shareholders during the Company's Annual General Meeting held on April 16, 2025. The shares, each valued at 25 pence, were purchased on December 17, 2025.
The purchase saw the highest price per share at 4,315.00 pence, while the lowest was recorded at 4,273.00 pence. The volume-weighted erage price stood at 4,293.70 pence. The company has decided to cancel these shares, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 2.18 billion, not including treasury shares. British American Tobacco now retains 132,988,352 ordinary shares in treasury, which carry no voting rights.
According to information ailable from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), these transactions are part of a broader strategy initiated on March 18, 2024, to manage the company's capital structure. This move is within the framework outlined by Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK.
Shareholders are advised that this adjustment in shareholding could influence their reporting obligations under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The details of the trades were conducted solely on the London Stock Exchange platform, with no activity recorded on CHIX or BATE for the given transaction date.
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