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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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

British American Tobacco has reissued its 2 November buyback notice with one correction: references to Goldman Sachs International have been amended to Merrill Lynch International, and all other details are unchanged. The underlying purchases are 596,824 ordinary shares bought on the LSE between 26 and 30 October 2026, at volume-weighted average prices from 4,486.75p to 4,595.90p, all to be cancelled. The correction is clerical, not economic.

BAT buys back its own shares regularly and publishes a weekly tally. This notice is that same tally again, with one name corrected — the broker that did the buying was Merrill Lynch International, not Goldman Sachs International. Nothing about the number of shares, the prices paid or the buyback programme itself has changed, so there is nothing new here to act on.

Bear case

  • Missing evidence: the notice gives no buyback programme size, remaining authority or total spend to date, so the pace of repurchase cannot be judged against a stated envelope.

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

SENS-AI conclusion

An amendment, not a new buyback. British American Tobacco has reissued its 2 November notice with one change: the buying broker is named as Merrill Lynch International rather than Goldman Sachs International. The disclosed purchases — 596,824 ordinary shares bought on the LSE between 26 and 30 October 2026, at volume-weighted average prices from 4,486.75p to 4,595.90p — and the intention to cancel them are unchanged. This is administrative housekeeping with no economic content. So what: nothing in the investment case moves; the filing itself gives no further test to watch.

No action is warranted by this amendment alone; it changes the broker name but not the disclosed purchase economics.

Evidence from the filing

  • The filing is a correction, not new buyback information.

    “References to Goldman Sachs International have been amended to Merrill Lynch International.”

  • All other details are unchanged from the earlier announcement.

    “All other details remain unchanged.”

  • The purchases run under authority granted at the April 2026 AGM.

    “in accordance with the authority granted by”

  • The shares bought are to be cancelled.

    “The Company intends to cancel the purchased Shares.”
Category
Share Repurchase
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Nov 3, 2026

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