Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

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

August 5, 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 August 5, 2024.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description

Exhibit 1		Press Release entitled “Transaction in own shares” dated August 5, 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/ Christopher Worlock
	Name:	Christopher Worlock
	Title:	Assistant Secretary

Date: August 5, 2024

Exhibit 1

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

05 August 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:	02 August 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:	87,845
Highest price paid per share (pence):	2815.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	2783.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	2798.80p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,217,607,645 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,274,739 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 02 August 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	02/08/2024	87,845	2,798.80	LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	02/08/2024	0	0	CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.	GB0002875804	02/08/2024	0	0	BATE

Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Market	Time of transaction
965	2789	XLON	08:58:34
30	2790	XLON	08:58:55
574	2790	XLON	08:58:55
444	2792	XLON	08:59:54
297	2792	XLON	09:00:01
400	2791	XLON	09:00:01
172	2794	XLON	09:02:52
217	2794	XLON	09:02:52
368	2791	XLON	09:05:03
320	2792	XLON	09:07:05
202	2797	XLON	09:11:19
351	2796	XLON	09:13:13
133	2794	XLON	09:16:01
89	2798	XLON	09:19:40
314	2798	XLON	09:19:40
290	2797	XLON	09:22:49
66	2797	XLON	09:22:49
112	2796	XLON	09:24:53
220	2796	XLON	09:24:53
315	2794	XLON	09:29:38
24	2795	XLON	09:31:00
282	2795	XLON	09:31:00
301	2792	XLON	09:32:55
300	2793	XLON	09:35:25
298	2795	XLON	09:40:29
300	2794	XLON	09:42:35
299	2794	XLON	09:47:05
300	2796	XLON	09:49:38
28	2796	XLON	09:54:48
151	2796	XLON	09:55:06
116	2796	XLON	09:55:06
297	2795	XLON	09:57:12
300	2795	XLON	10:00:01
301	2797	XLON	10:03:11
292	2796	XLON	10:05:21
302	2795	XLON	10:09:50
304	2795	XLON	10:10:48
304	2792	XLON	10:13:54
1	2792	XLON	10:13:54
302	2793	XLON	10:16:47
299	2793	XLON	10:20:04
295	2791	XLON	10:22:22
300	2791	XLON	10:23:04
300	2791	XLON	10:26:28

87	2791	XLON	10:30:26
395	2791	XLON	10:31:20
297	2791	XLON	10:35:47
347	2791	XLON	10:36:04
425	2791	XLON	10:46:53
379	2792	XLON	10:47:07
363	2791	XLON	10:50:37
100	2791	XLON	10:53:37
205	2791	XLON	10:53:48
292	2791	XLON	10:54:23
327	2792	XLON	10:57:22
317	2792	XLON	11:00:29
293	2791	XLON	11:00:54
310	2790	XLON	11:02:20
257	2789	XLON	11:07:33
323	2787	XLON	11:10:52
313	2784	XLON	11:14:04
317	2783	XLON	11:16:29
303	2788	XLON	11:18:53
152	2789	XLON	11:22:28
35	2789	XLON	11:32:37
200	2789	XLON	11:32:49
173	2789	XLON	11:32:49
305	2788	XLON	11:33:49
316	2790	XLON	11:34:38
247	2789	XLON	11:34:44
340	2789	XLON	11:43:54
567	2789	XLON	11:52:58
293	2788	XLON	11:56:46
280	2787	XLON	11:56:53
30	2787	XLON	11:56:53
329	2786	XLON	11:56:58
317	2784	XLON	11:57:51
269	2788	XLON	12:01:16
41	2788	XLON	12:01:16
99	2790	XLON	12:03:47
206	2790	XLON	12:03:47
63	2791	XLON	12:09:15
236	2791	XLON	12:09:15
293	2790	XLON	12:09:56
299	2789	XLON	12:11:03
305	2787	XLON	12:12:28
306	2789	XLON	12:16:44
100	2790	XLON	12:20:43
200	2790	XLON	12:20:43
305	2789	XLON	12:22:31
303	2787	XLON	12:26:41
200	2787	XLON	12:27:36

97	2787	XLON	12:27:36
304	2784	XLON	12:31:32
310	2788	XLON	12:32:53
55	2786	XLON	12:34:03
416	2788	XLON	12:38:57
370	2788	XLON	12:46:13
352	2787	XLON	12:48:42
295	2792	XLON	12:52:58
84	2791	XLON	12:53:35
34	2791	XLON	12:57:22
100	2791	XLON	12:57:22
100	2791	XLON	12:57:22
156	2791	XLON	12:57:22
206	2790	XLON	12:58:04
236	2789	XLON	13:00:25
3	2789	XLON	13:00:25
113	2789	XLON	13:01:32
160	2789	XLON	13:02:32
232	2789	XLON	13:02:32
224	2789	XLON	13:06:29
109	2789	XLON	13:06:29
297	2789	XLON	13:07:10
176	2789	XLON	13:11:03
392	2791	XLON	13:13:41
33	2792	XLON	13:18:14
32	2792	XLON	13:18:15
56	2792	XLON	13:18:16
152	2792	XLON	13:18:18
367	2792	XLON	13:24:59
323	2793	XLON	13:29:59
319	2796	XLON	13:30:13
321	2795	XLON	13:30:13
307	2794	XLON	13:30:20
172	2793	XLON	13:31:15
133	2793	XLON	13:32:19
31	2793	XLON	13:32:20
76	2793	XLON	13:33:26
320	2793	XLON	13:33:29
51	2795	XLON	13:35:34
48	2795	XLON	13:35:38
39	2795	XLON	13:35:56
156	2796	XLON	13:36:33
167	2796	XLON	13:36:36
8	2796	XLON	13:36:38
238	2795	XLON	13:36:49
41	2794	XLON	13:36:55
184	2796	XLON	13:36:57
382	2805	XLON	13:38:51

339	2802	XLON	13:41:11
325	2797	XLON	13:43:08
305	2800	XLON	13:45:10
304	2799	XLON	13:49:11
300	2799	XLON	13:49:55
301	2798	XLON	13:53:17
295	2796	XLON	13:55:47
273	2798	XLON	13:59:19
312	2799	XLON	14:03:03
303	2796	XLON	14:05:33
322	2803	XLON	14:06:03
308	2804	XLON	14:06:53
311	2805	XLON	14:08:00
311	2806	XLON	14:10:14
190	2807	XLON	14:10:51
117	2807	XLON	14:10:51
304	2808	XLON	14:12:58
309	2804	XLON	14:15:23
309	2802	XLON	14:16:10
307	2805	XLON	14:18:12
310	2804	XLON	14:23:16
309	2805	XLON	14:23:28
301	2803	XLON	14:23:46
53	2804	XLON	14:26:04
260	2804	XLON	14:26:04
306	2803	XLON	14:26:51
38	2803	XLON	14:28:14
151	2802	XLON	14:29:01
141	2802	XLON	14:29:01
445	2801	XLON	14:29:59
362	2804	XLON	14:30:09
335	2804	XLON	14:30:36
336	2804	XLON	14:31:52
314	2803	XLON	14:32:00
338	2802	XLON	14:32:10
353	2804	XLON	14:32:37
374	2803	XLON	14:32:52
125	2807	XLON	14:34:02
420	2811	XLON	14:34:20
414	2810	XLON	14:34:30
320	2812	XLON	14:35:08
401	2811	XLON	14:35:13
356	2810	XLON	14:35:58
331	2810	XLON	14:36:12
322	2807	XLON	14:36:58
337	2807	XLON	14:37:40
320	2808	XLON	14:38:09
175	2808	XLON	14:38:49

404	2805	XLON	14:39:51
348	2802	XLON	14:40:08
321	2801	XLON	14:41:04
280	2804	XLON	14:41:31
45	2804	XLON	14:41:31
324	2805	XLON	14:41:56
319	2807	XLON	14:43:40
314	2808	XLON	14:43:40
320	2810	XLON	14:44:29
308	2810	XLON	14:45:00
308	2809	XLON	14:45:06
303	2809	XLON	14:46:29
195	2810	XLON	14:47:24
113	2810	XLON	14:47:24
279	2811	XLON	14:48:30
312	2813	XLON	14:49:23
318	2812	XLON	14:49:50
307	2811	XLON	14:50:50
311	2811	XLON	14:51:04
316	2811	XLON	14:52:06
327	2813	XLON	14:52:43
332	2815	XLON	14:54:03
332	2814	XLON	14:54:29
308	2810	XLON	14:55:01
91	2808	XLON	14:55:47
245	2808	XLON	14:55:47
330	2811	XLON	14:56:22
330	2812	XLON	14:57:24
259	2811	XLON	14:58:03
84	2811	XLON	14:58:03
339	2811	XLON	15:00:09
476	2811	XLON	15:00:40
446	2812	XLON	15:00:49
413	2811	XLON	15:00:57
370	2812	XLON	15:01:11
356	2811	XLON	15:02:04
343	2811	XLON	15:02:20
130	2810	XLON	15:03:00
418	2809	XLON	15:04:04
397	2809	XLON	15:04:21
397	2808	XLON	15:04:34
68	2807	XLON	15:06:32
121	2807	XLON	15:06:32
139	2807	XLON	15:06:33
332	2806	XLON	15:06:33
299	2810	XLON	15:07:52
299	2809	XLON	15:07:59
316	2810	XLON	15:09:20

2	2810	XLON	15:09:20
310	2812	XLON	15:10:19
319	2810	XLON	15:11:11
324	2809	XLON	15:11:26
296	2808	XLON	15:12:07
299	2807	XLON	15:13:02
111	2805	XLON	15:15:00
216	2805	XLON	15:15:00
2	2805	XLON	15:15:05
150	2808	XLON	15:15:13
173	2808	XLON	15:15:13
277	2807	XLON	15:15:17
40	2807	XLON	15:15:17
312	2808	XLON	15:16:20
305	2807	XLON	15:16:48
499	2807	XLON	15:18:49
510	2805	XLON	15:20:05
30	2805	XLON	15:22:08
108	2805	XLON	15:22:08
334	2805	XLON	15:22:08
456	2802	XLON	15:24:17
39	2802	XLON	15:24:17
452	2801	XLON	15:25:52
25	2801	XLON	15:25:52
501	2800	XLON	15:26:50
1	2800	XLON	15:28:44
300	2800	XLON	15:28:44
200	2800	XLON	15:28:44
25	2800	XLON	15:28:44
512	2801	XLON	15:31:18
490	2804	XLON	15:32:41
489	2805	XLON	15:35:11
498	2803	XLON	15:36:52
7	2804	XLON	15:37:56
43	2804	XLON	15:37:56
43	2804	XLON	15:37:56
391	2804	XLON	15:37:56
40	2806	XLON	15:40:58
100	2806	XLON	15:40:58
132	2806	XLON	15:40:58
76	2806	XLON	15:40:58
18	2806	XLON	15:40:58
81	2806	XLON	15:42:22
293	2806	XLON	15:42:22
229	2803	XLON	15:43:37
35	2799	XLON	15:45:48
59	2799	XLON	15:45:48
30	2799	XLON	15:45:48

150	2799	XLON	15:45:48
20	2799	XLON	15:45:48
60	2799	XLON	15:45:48
56	2799	XLON	15:45:48
330	2801	XLON	15:47:21
57	2801	XLON	15:47:21
196	2798	XLON	15:49:20
51	2798	XLON	15:49:20
66	2798	XLON	15:49:20
56	2798	XLON	15:49:25
120	2800	XLON	15:50:11
252	2800	XLON	15:50:11
495	2800	XLON	15:50:47
250	2799	XLON	15:53:45
233	2799	XLON	15:53:45
25	2800	XLON	15:55:48
251	2800	XLON	15:55:48
30	2800	XLON	15:55:48
2	2800	XLON	15:57:36
353	2800	XLON	15:57:36
108	2799	XLON	15:57:36
142	2799	XLON	15:57:36
114	2799	XLON	15:57:36
487	2801	XLON	15:58:45
496	2799	XLON	16:00:52
305	2796	XLON	16:02:19
63	2797	XLON	16:04:21
149	2797	XLON	16:04:21
145	2797	XLON	16:04:21
124	2797	XLON	16:04:36
223	2797	XLON	16:04:36
23	2797	XLON	16:04:36
473	2794	XLON	16:06:21
506	2795	XLON	16:07:34
490	2791	XLON	16:09:26
519	2795	XLON	16:10:55
250	2796	XLON	16:12:06
287	2796	XLON	16:12:06
518	2796	XLON	16:14:12
529	2795	XLON	16:14:56
544	2795	XLON	16:16:48
45	2795	XLON	16:17:10
156	2795	XLON	16:17:10
158	2798	XLON	16:18:01
179	2798	XLON	16:18:01
145	2798	XLON	16:18:10
69	2798	XLON	16:18:10
111	2798	XLON	16:18:10

342	2797	XLON	16:18:11
398	2797	XLON	16:19:59
175	2796	XLON	16:20:01
228	2796	XLON	16:20:02
380	2798	XLON	16:21:20
92	2798	XLON	16:21:30
256	2798	XLON	16:21:30
45	2798	XLON	16:21:30
312	2795	XLON	16:22:07
511	2795	XLON	16:23:20
100	2795	XLON	16:23:56
4	2795	XLON	16:23:56
96	2795	XLON	16:23:56
197	2795	XLON	16:23:56
306	2796	XLON	16:24:54
324	2795	XLON	16:25:17
388	2796	XLON	16:27:04
392	2795	XLON	16:27:18
318	2795	XLON	16:28:23
403	2794	XLON	16:28:40
322	2793	XLON	16:28:51
418	2792	XLON	16:29:24