British American Tobacco PLC has released its blocklisting six-monthly return, detailing the status of its share schemes. The company has two schemes: one for 10,000,000 ordinary shares of 25p each and another for 1,500,000 ordinary shares of 25p each. The report covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023. The balance under the schemes from the previous return was 31,189 and 475,267, respectively.

During the specified period, no securities were issued or allotted under the first scheme, while 34,490 securities were issued under the second scheme. As of the end of the period, the balance under the schemes not yet issued or allotted was 31,189 and 440,777, respectively. The total number of securities in issue at the end of the period was 2,456,941,909 Ordinary Shares of 25p each, including 220,533,855 shares held in Treasury.

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