Donnerstag, 25. August 2011

British American Tobacco Buys 200,000 Own Shares To Hold In Treasury

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British American Tobacco PLC (BATS.LN), said Thursday that it purchased 200,000 of its Ordinary shares of 25 pence each to hold in treasury.

MAIN FACTS:

-The average price was 2,693.6757 pence per share.

-The highest price paid was 2,747.5 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 2,647.5 pence per share.

-Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 48,249,554 of its shares in Treasury.

-The Company has 1,977,721,221 ordinary shares in issue excluding Treasury shares.

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