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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with them

British American Tobacco p.l.c.
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What this filing means

Seven British American Tobacco executives, including chief executive Tadeu Marroco, each acquired three ordinary shares of 25p at £45.325 on 4 November 2026 through the Partnership Share Scheme, an HMRC-approved Share Incentive Plan. Each purchase totalled £135.98 and was executed on the London Stock Exchange. The trustee of the British American Tobacco Share Incentive Plan notified the company. The filing states the scheme but not how participants fund their purchases, and gives no holding or issued-share figures against which to size the acquisitions.

A share incentive plan is a company-run arrangement that lets senior staff acquire shares, and that is what this notice records: seven named executives, the chief executive among them, each acquired three ordinary shares at £45.325 through the Partnership Share Scheme. The filing does not say how those purchases were funded, nor what each executive's total holding now is, so there is no way to judge how much of their own money is at stake. That is why a notice naming the chief executive and six other senior managers says very little about the company's prospects.

Bear case

  • Missing evidence: the filing does not state how the Partnership Share Scheme purchases were funded or their scale relative to participants' holdings and the issued shares.

AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

No economic signal. Seven senior managers, the chief executive included, each acquired three shares at £45.325 through the Partnership Share Scheme, an HMRC-approved Share Incentive Plan. The filing does not state how the purchases were funded, and it gives no holding figures or issued-share count against which to measure the size, so the amounts cannot be placed in context. So what: nothing here changes the investment case; the next results print and the ongoing buyback programme remain the substantive disclosures to weigh.

The next results announcement is where the operating performance and cash generation behind the dividend will be tested.

Evidence from the filing

  • The purchases were made by way of the Partnership Share Scheme.

    “purchased British American Tobacco p.l.c. ordinary shares of 25p each (the “Shares”) by way of the Partnership Share Scheme.”

  • Each executive acquired three shares at £45.325.

    “£45.325 3”
Category
Director Dealings
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Nov 5, 2026

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