BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Quarterly Dividends for the Year Ended 31 December 2025: Payment No. 3 November 2026 (the November 2026 Dividend) South Africa Branch Register Finalisation Information
What this filing means
This is a mechanical dividend payment notice, not a new corporate event. British American Tobacco is confirming the rand equivalent, dividends-tax withholding details, and the record date for the third quarterly instalment of a dividend the board already declared on 12 February 2026. The amounts and timing were already on record; this filing merely gives effect to them for South Africa branch-register shareholders.
BTI is simply telling South African shareholders how much they will receive in rands after the exchange-rate conversion and Dividends Tax withholding for a dividend that was already announced earlier in the year. The filing contains no new money, no change to the dividend amount, and no shift in the company's financial position.
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SENS-AI conclusion
A straightforward dividend-payment mechanics notice. The board declared this dividend in February 2026; this filing only distributes the rand-conversion rate, the Dividends Tax withholding figure, and the record/payment dates for SA branch-register holders. No new economic information is present.
No follow-up required; the next material disclosure will be the full-year results or the February 2027 fourth-quarter dividend notice.
Evidence from the filing
Dividend was declared on 12 February 2026 — this filing only finalises the SA rand equivalent.
“On 12 February 2026, the Company announced that the Board had declared an interim dividend of 245.04p per ordinary share of 25p, payable in four equal quarterly instalments of 61.26p per ordinary share in May 2026, August 2026, November 2026 and February 2027.”
The salient dates and payment amounts announced on 12 February 2026 remain unchanged.
“The salient dates and other dividend declaration information announced on 12 February 2026 remain unchanged for the November 2026 Dividend.”
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