Exhibit 7

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c. 

 

27 July 2026

 

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES  

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") announces that in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 15 April 2026 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("Shares") from UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") during the period from 20 July 2026 to 24 July 2026 as part of its buyback programme announced on 18 March 2024:  

 

Date of purchase: 20 July 2026 21 July 2026 22 July 2026 23 July 2026 24 July 2026
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:  134,594 130,578 121,191 141,750 107,880
Highest price paid per share (pence):  4,694.00p 4,650.00p 4,678.00p 4,618.00p 4,585.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence): 4,627.00p 4,592.00p 4,571.00p 4,492.00p 4,460.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 4,663.37p 4,625.37p 4,623.96p 4,539.08p 4,536.30p

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased Shares.  

 

Following the purchase and cancellation of these Shares, the Company will have 2,163,059,220 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 132,654,339 ordinary shares in treasury. This information 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. 

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK, a schedule of individual trades carried out by Merrill Lynch International during the period set out above is detailed in the attached:

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9938N_1-2026-7-27.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9938N_2-2026-7-27.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9938N_3-2026-7-27.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9938N_4-2026-7-27.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9938N_5-2026-7-27.pdf

 

Enquiries: 

 

Investor Relations 

 

Victoria Buxton | IR_team@bat.com

 

 
 

 

Schedule of purchases - aggregate information 

 

Issuer name  ISIN Code  Transaction date 

Daily total volume

(in number of shares) 

Daily weighted average

price of shares acquired 

Platform 
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 20/07/2026 107,424 4,664.01p LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 20/07/2026 19,311 4,660.42p CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 20/07/2026 7,859 4,661.86p BATE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 21/07/2026 108,911 4,624.92p LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 21/07/2026 15,655 4,627.46p CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 21/07/2026 6,012 4,628.08p BATE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 22/07/2026 97,418 4,623.02p LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 22/07/2026 17,102 4,627.84p CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 22/07/2026 6,671 4,627.82p BATE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 23/07/2026 111,461 4,537.76p LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 23/07/2026 23,258 4,544.07p CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 23/07/2026 7,031 4,543.56p BATE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 24/07/2026 76,347 4,536.77p LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 24/07/2026 23,128 4,535.48p CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GB0002875804 24/07/2026 8,405 4,534.34p BATE