British American Tobacco plc has announced the purchase of its ordinary shares from UBS AG as part of its buyback program. The company bought 300,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each at prices ranging from 2355.00p to 2373.50p per share. The purchased shares will be canceled, and after this transaction, the company will have 2,234,385,416 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, and will hold 220,522,014 ordinary shares in treasury.

The information about the purchase and cancellation of shares may be used by shareholders to determine whether they are required to notify their interest or a change to their interest in the company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The individual trades carried out by UBS AG on 26 March 2024 are detailed in the announcement.

The company's Investor Relations team can be contacted for further inquiries.