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
 
December 4, 2023
 
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. (the “Registrant”) as of December 4, 2023.

The information contained in Exhibit 1 of this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Form S-8 Registration Statements File Nos. 333-223678, 333-219440 and 333-237186 of the Registrant and into the Form F-3 Registration Statement File Nos. 333-265958, 333-265958-01, 333-265958-02, 333-265958-03, 333-265958-04 and 333-265958-05 of the Registrant, British American Tobacco Holdings (The Netherlands) B.V., Reynolds American Inc., B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V., B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c. and B.A.T Capital Corporation, and related Prospectuses, as such Registration Statements and Prospectuses may be amended from time to time.


EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
 
Description
 

     
Exhibit 2
  Press Release entitled “British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the “Company”) - Voting Rights and Capital” dated December 4, 2023

  


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/ Claire Dhokia
 
    Name: 
Claire Dhokia  
    Title:   
Deputy Company Secretary
 
       
 
Date:  December 4, 2023








Exhibit 1


British American Tobacco p.l.c.

4 December 2023 


Directorate Change

Serpil Timuray joins the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 4 December 2023 and as a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Serpil is currently the CEO of Europe Cluster and a member of the Executive Committee at Vodafone Group. She joined Vodafone in 2009 and has held a variety of executive roles being the Group Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer in charge of areas including global strategy, marketing, innovation and digital transformation, the Regional CEO for AMAP (Africa, Middle East, Asia, Pacific), and the CEO of Turkey. Prior to joining Vodafone, Serpil was the CEO of Danone Dairy Turkey, having started her career in 1991 at Procter & Gamble where she held several marketing roles.  Serpil is currently Non-Executive Director of TPG Telecom Plc. She previously served as an independent Non-Executive Director of Danone Group Plc from 2015 to 2023 and as the Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

Commenting on the appointment, Luc Jobin, Chair of the Board, said: “I am pleased to welcome Serpil Timuray to our board. Her extensive experience in growing consumer and enterprise product companies in technology and fast-moving consumer goods sectors, and in managing global strategy, innovation and digital transformation will be beneficial to the Board as we continue to accelerate our strategy to build A Better Tomorrow”.


Enquiries:

British American Tobacco Press Office
+44 (0) 20 7845 2888 (24 hours) | @BATPress 

British American Tobacco Investor Relations
Victoria Buxton/Amy Chamberlain/ Yetunde Ibe/John Harney/Jane Henderson
+44 20 7845 2012/1124/1095/1263/1117


Additional information
1.  This announcement is made in compliance with the Company’s obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.11.

2.  In accordance with the Listing Rules, Serpil Timuray is Non-Executive Director of TPG TELECOM Plc and was previously a director of Danone Group plc. There are no additional matters that would require disclosure under 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority in respect of his appointment.


Exhibit 2

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the “Company”) – Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules provision 5.6.1, we notify the market of the following:

That, as at 30 November 2023, being the last day of trading for that month, the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 2,236,408,054 ordinary shares of 25p each (“Shares”) with voting rights (the “Voting Rights Figure”).

As at 30 November 2023, the Company held 220,533,855 Shares in Treasury.

The Voting Rights Figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their voting rights interest, or a change to that interest, in the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Nancy Jiang
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.


4 December 2023


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