British American Tobacco PLC Share Buyback Programme
13 February 2025 - 6:10PM
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British American Tobacco PLC
13 February 2025
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the
"Company")
13 February 2025
Share Buyback
Programme
Further to the share buyback programme
announcement on 18 March 2024 ("the Programme"), the Company
announces that it has entered into a non-discretionary agreement
with UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") to purchase ordinary shares of
the Company ("Shares") during the period commencing on 13 February
2025 and ending at the close of business on 30 April 2025 (the
"Purchase Period").
UBS will make its trading decisions in relation
to the Company's Shares independently of, and uninfluenced by, the
Company.
The purpose of the Programme is to reduce the
share capital of the Company. The Shares repurchased will be
cancelled. The maximum number of Shares permitted to be
purchased by the Company under the Programme, pursuant to the
authority granted by its shareholders at the Company's 2024 AGM, is
223,642,156 Shares (less the number of Shares subsequently
purchased by the Company under the Programme since that authority
was granted).
Any purchases of Shares by the Company in
relation to this announcement will be undertaken within certain
pre-set parameters, and in accordance with both the Company's
general authority to repurchase shares granted by its shareholders
at the Company's 2024 AGM, or by any subsequent authorisation
conferred by the Company's shareholders at a general meeting of the
Company held during the Purchase Period, the Market Abuse
Regulation 596/2014 and the Commission Delegated Regulation
(2016/1052), in each case as such legislation forms part of
domestic law by virtue of section 3 of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) and Chapter 12 of the Financial
Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.
The maximum price which may be paid
for a Share is an amount (exclusive of taxes and expenses) equal to
the higher of:
- 105
per cent of the average market value of a Share as derived from the
LSE's Daily Official List for the five business days immediately
preceding the day on which the Share is purchased, in accordance
with Listing Rule 9.6.1 of the Listing Rules published pursuant to
Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") (the
"Listing Rules"); and
- the higher
of (i) the price of the last independent trade and (ii) the highest
current independent purchase bid on the trading venue where the
purchase is carried out, including when the shares are traded on
different trading venues, in accordance with Article 3(2) of
the UK Safe Harbour Regulation.
Enquiries:
Investor
Relations
Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012
| IR_team@bat.com
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