BAT buys 610,214 shares as British American Tobacco stock costs EUR 53.48

Published on 10/27/2026 at 09:34 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

BAT bought shares across five sessions ending October 23, 2026, and will cancel them. British American Tobacco stock stood at EUR 53.48 on October 27, 2026.

Buyback reshapes BAT's share count

BAT purchased 610,214 shares between October 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026.
The company plans to cancel the shares, leaving 2,155,557,220 voting shares.
BAT stock traded at EUR 53.48 at 9:30 a.m. CET on October 27, 2026.

BAT, GB0002875804, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

British American Tobacco (ISIN GB0002875804) purchased 610,214 ordinary shares between October 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026, and plans to cancel them. The transaction disclosure was published on October 26, 2026, by Sharenet as the original company announcement.

Five sessions, one buyback

BAT bought 121,153 shares on October 19, 2026, 122,933 on October 20, 2026, 121,340 on October 21, 2026, 122,445 on October 22, 2026, and 122,343 on October 23, 2026. The daily volume-weighted average purchase prices ranged from GBp 4,389.04 to GBp 4,456.90.

The latest purchase notice follows BAT's October 7, 2026 announcement that Merrill Lynch International would buy shares through December 23, 2026. The stated purpose is to reduce share capital, and the shares bought under the program will be cancelled.

What changes after cancellation?

After the latest cancellation, BAT will have 2,155,557,220 ordinary shares carrying voting rights and 132,648,864 shares in treasury. That gives the transaction a measurable capital effect, although the notice does not quantify any earnings-per-share impact.

BAT's September 29, 2026 Capital Markets Day also kept the company on track for the lower end of its fiscal-year 2026 targets: revenue growth of 3 to 5 percent and adjusted profit from operations growth of 4 to 6 percent. The British American Tobacco Capital Markets Day release also set a target of at least 30 percent for New Category contribution margin by 2030.

BAT stock and the next signal

For investors, the buyback is a capital-allocation action rather than a new operating forecast. The company is headquartered in London and its ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange under the BATS ticker.

BAT stock was trading at EUR 53.48 at Lang & Schwarz on October 27, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. CET. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of BAT stock.