British American Tobacco finalizes November dividend, reports share buyback

British American Tobacco p.l.c. provided finalisation information for its November 2025 dividend, part of the 240.24p per ordinary share interim dividend declared on 13 February 2025. Shareholders on the South Africa branch register will receive ZAR 1412.07667 SA cents per ordinary share, based on an exchange rate of £:R=23.5111 as of 18 September 2025. A dividends tax of 20% (ZAR 282.41533 SA cents) will be withheld, resulting in a net dividend of ZAR 1129.66134 cents. The dividend record date is 3 October 2025, with payment on 7 November 2025.

In a separate announcement on 22 September 2025, BAT reported the purchase of 122,059 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from Banco Santander, S.A. on 19 September 2025, as part of its buyback programme. The volume weighted average price paid was 4,071.7706p. These shares are intended for cancellation.

Following the buyback and cancellation, BAT will have 2,188,563,455 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and 132,999,412 ordinary shares in treasury. The company confirmed it had 2,188,928,781 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as of 18 September 2025, with a total issued share capital of 2,321,928,193 ordinary shares including 132,999,412 treasury shares.