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Exhibit 2

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

16 September 2024

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 24 April 2024 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each (“shares”) from Goldman Sachs International as part of its buyback programme announced on 18 March 2024:

Date of purchase:
13 September 2024
Number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:
82,798
Highest price paid per share (pence):
2,971.00p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):
2,952.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):
2,963.24p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 2,215,199,671 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) which carry voting rights and will hold 133,274,739 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 Goldman Sachs International on 13 September 2024 is set out below.

Enquiries:

Investor Relations
Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012 | 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
13/09/2024
82,798
2,963.24p
LSE
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
GB0002875804
13/09/2024
0
0
CHIX
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
GB0002875804
13/09/2024
0
0
BATE



Schedule of purchases - individual transactions

Number of shares
purchased
Transaction price
(per share)
Market
Time of transaction
732
2959
XLON
08:18:57
947
2958
XLON
08:19:48
426
2959
XLON
08:20:47
337
2958
XLON
08:22:05
318
2957
XLON
08:22:26
346
2960
XLON
08:25:57
321
2960
XLON
08:27:49
294
2958
XLON
08:32:21
281
2957
XLON
08:33:35
171
2955
XLON
08:34:58
34
2955
XLON
08:34:58
71
2955
XLON
08:34:58
108
2954
XLON
08:36:06
12
2954
XLON
08:39:26
15
2954
XLON
08:39:26
72
2954
XLON
08:39:26
21
2954
XLON
08:39:26
18
2954
XLON
08:39:26
27
2954
XLON
08:39:26
32
2954
XLON
08:39:26
220
2955
XLON
08:40:08
63
2955
XLON
08:40:08
397
2954
XLON
08:42:38
20
2955
XLON
08:45:14
74
2955
XLON
08:46:45
29
2955
XLON
08:46:45
34
2955
XLON
08:46:45
34
2955
XLON
08:46:45
80
2955
XLON
08:46:45
28
2955
XLON
08:46:45
98
2956
XLON
08:48:11
98
2956
XLON
08:48:11
72
2956
XLON
08:48:11
296
2956
XLON
08:50:05
302
2955
XLON
08:52:05
74
2955
XLON
08:54:17
146
2954
XLON
08:56:56
235
2954
XLON
08:57:30
264
2954
XLON
08:58:54
5
2953
XLON
09:00:00
362
2953
XLON
09:00:11
279
2953
XLON
09:01:57
5
2954
XLON
09:07:38
104
2954
XLON
09:07:38



87
2954
XLON
09:07:39
96
2954
XLON
09:07:39
78
2954
XLON
09:07:39
340
2955
XLON
09:09:41
164
2955
XLON
09:13:01
463
2956
XLON
09:15:15
250
2955
XLON
09:15:15
123
2954
XLON
09:16:32
124
2954
XLON
09:16:32
53
2955
XLON
09:16:32
211
2955
XLON
09:16:32
4
2955
XLON
09:18:22
34
2955
XLON
09:18:22
24
2955
XLON
09:18:23
18
2955
XLON
09:18:23
44
2955
XLON
09:18:23
57
2955
XLON
09:18:23
377
2954
XLON
09:21:05
326
2953
XLON
09:25:22
316
2952
XLON
09:27:15
107
2953
XLON
09:31:23
26
2953
XLON
09:31:24
123
2953
XLON
09:31:25
15
2953
XLON
09:31:25
262
2954
XLON
09:32:26
62
2954
XLON
09:33:16
123
2954
XLON
09:33:16
77
2954
XLON
09:33:16
275
2954
XLON
09:33:40
200
2954
XLON
09:40:24
73
2954
XLON
09:40:24
123
2953
XLON
09:42:23
62
2953
XLON
09:42:23
86
2953
XLON
09:42:23
351
2955
XLON
09:46:16
163
2954
XLON
09:46:18
170
2954
XLON
09:46:18
306
2953
XLON
09:53:40
56
2953
XLON
09:55:47
431
2953
XLON
09:57:05
86
2953
XLON
09:57:05
271
2952
XLON
09:58:19
107
2953
XLON
09:59:41
52
2954
XLON
10:01:19
65
2954
XLON
10:01:19
183
2954
XLON
10:02:10
178
2953
XLON
10:03:06
262
2953
XLON
10:04:45



59
2953
XLON
10:05:23
43
2953
XLON
10:05:23
149
2953
XLON
10:05:23
21
2953
XLON
10:05:23
265
2953
XLON
10:08:14
124
2954
XLON
10:09:30
41
2956
XLON
10:13:23
244
2956
XLON
10:13:23
174
2955
XLON
10:13:23
89
2956
XLON
10:14:24
45
2956
XLON
10:14:24
100
2956
XLON
10:14:24
43
2956
XLON
10:14:24
108
2956
XLON
10:14:24
42
2956
XLON
10:18:40
259
2956
XLON
10:18:40
124
2956
XLON
10:21:53
156
2956
XLON
10:21:53
35
2957
XLON
10:29:06
124
2957
XLON
10:29:06
59
2957
XLON
10:29:06
268
2957
XLON
10:29:06
374
2956
XLON
10:29:22
331
2955
XLON
10:29:34
334
2955
XLON
10:36:11
338
2956
XLON
10:37:15
208
2957
XLON
10:40:56
24
2957
XLON
10:41:42
39
2957
XLON
10:41:42
28
2957
XLON
10:42:25
285
2957
XLON
10:45:45
69
2957
XLON
10:46:48
113
2957
XLON
10:46:48
92
2957
XLON
10:46:48
6
2957
XLON
10:46:48
69
2958
XLON
10:48:29
81
2958
XLON
10:48:29
123
2958
XLON
10:48:39
280
2962
XLON
10:54:48
277
2963
XLON
10:54:54
377
2965
XLON
11:00:03
188
2965
XLON
11:05:27
132
2965
XLON
11:05:27
357
2964
XLON
11:05:45
120
2966
XLON
11:07:03
164
2966
XLON
11:07:03
285
2966
XLON
11:10:25
290
2965
XLON
11:12:07



272
2964
XLON
11:12:55
263
2963
XLON
11:16:50
267
2964
XLON
11:19:23
100
2965
XLON
11:25:04
30
2965
XLON
11:25:04
249
2965
XLON
11:25:04
355
2964
XLON
11:25:33
308
2965
XLON
11:28:38
323
2964
XLON
11:33:05
263
2965
XLON
11:35:10
36
2965
XLON
11:36:23
100
2964
XLON
11:39:32
167
2964
XLON
11:39:32
64
2963
XLON
11:43:17
74
2963
XLON
11:43:17
125
2963
XLON
11:43:17
65
2964
XLON
11:47:03
20
2964
XLON
11:47:04
140
2964
XLON
11:47:11
43
2964
XLON
11:47:19
226
2963
XLON
11:47:32
42
2963
XLON
11:47:36
268
2963
XLON
11:49:17
74
2964
XLON
11:55:50
176
2964
XLON
11:55:51
17
2964
XLON
11:55:51
183
2963
XLON
11:56:26
1
2964
XLON
11:59:16
70
2964
XLON
11:59:16
205
2964
XLON
11:59:16
271
2965
XLON
12:00:57
70
2965
XLON
12:08:17
362
2965
XLON
12:09:23
37
2965
XLON
12:13:51
74
2965
XLON
12:13:54
329
2965
XLON
12:14:07
94
2965
XLON
12:16:35
68
2965
XLON
12:18:34
97
2965
XLON
12:18:34
76
2965
XLON
12:18:34
18
2965
XLON
12:19:05
94
2966
XLON
12:25:19
74
2966
XLON
12:25:21
251
2966
XLON
12:26:41
413
2965
XLON
12:28:05
387
2965
XLON
12:29:08
110
2966
XLON
12:32:47
65
2966
XLON
12:32:47



222
2966
XLON
12:32:50
300
2965
XLON
12:34:28
266
2964
XLON
12:37:21
27
2963
XLON
12:37:37
287
2963
XLON
12:37:38
50
2962
XLON
12:41:00
110
2963
XLON
12:41:49
110
2963
XLON
12:43:02
6
2963
XLON
12:43:04
24
2963
XLON
12:43:06
74
2963
XLON
12:43:06
74
2963
XLON
12:43:06
67
2963
XLON
12:47:46
133
2963
XLON
12:47:48
74
2963
XLON
12:47:48
13
2963
XLON
12:48:25
44
2963
XLON
12:48:26
74
2963
XLON
12:48:26
56
2963
XLON
12:48:26
59
2963
XLON
12:48:28
377
2962
XLON
12:51:56
305
2965
XLON
12:57:39
249
2964
XLON
13:01:06
26
2964
XLON
13:01:06
318
2963
XLON
13:03:13
283
2963
XLON
13:05:23
189
2963
XLON
13:09:19
129
2963
XLON
13:09:19
16
2963
XLON
13:09:19
56
2963
XLON
13:09:20
17
2964
XLON
13:14:09
15
2964
XLON
13:14:09
404
2964
XLON
13:14:10
159
2964
XLON
13:15:14
111
2964
XLON
13:15:14
100
2963
XLON
13:22:13
16
2963
XLON
13:24:21
198
2963
XLON
13:25:22
197
2964
XLON
13:25:22
280
2965
XLON
13:27:18
119
2965
XLON
13:27:18
186
2964
XLON
13:27:30
10
2964
XLON
13:27:30
300
2965
XLON
13:35:07
36
2965
XLON
13:35:07
671
2965
XLON
13:42:15
275
2965
XLON
13:45:10
70
2965
XLON
13:45:10



116
2966
XLON
13:47:22
361
2966
XLON
13:50:04
726
2966
XLON
13:51:42
132
2965
XLON
13:51:42
119
2965
XLON
13:54:18
17
2965
XLON
13:54:53
203
2964
XLON
13:54:55
38
2964
XLON
13:55:12
68
2964
XLON
13:59:43
52
2965
XLON
14:00:04
300
2965
XLON
14:00:04
231
2965
XLON
14:00:04
446
2966
XLON
14:02:25
54
2965
XLON
14:09:29
240
2965
XLON
14:09:29
363
2964
XLON
14:10:04
228
2964
XLON
14:10:06
74
2964
XLON
14:10:16
271
2964
XLON
14:10:21
51
2964
XLON
14:11:19
70
2964
XLON
14:11:19
86
2964
XLON
14:11:19
55
2964
XLON
14:11:19
22
2963
XLON
14:11:44
323
2964
XLON
14:12:40
322
2964
XLON
14:13:17
24
2963
XLON
14:14:10
41
2963
XLON
14:14:10
21
2963
XLON
14:14:10
42
2963
XLON
14:14:10
25
2963
XLON
14:14:10
46
2963
XLON
14:14:10
20
2963
XLON
14:14:10
349
2965
XLON
14:18:50
378
2965
XLON
14:19:42
74
2964
XLON
14:19:50
67
2964
XLON
14:19:50
20
2964
XLON
14:19:50
25
2964
XLON
14:19:50
61
2964
XLON
14:19:50
48
2964
XLON
14:19:50
47
2966
XLON
14:21:16
224
2966
XLON
14:21:16
16
2965
XLON
14:21:16
87
2967
XLON
14:27:21
736
2967
XLON
14:27:21
728
2966
XLON
14:28:32
86
2965
XLON
14:29:15



183
2965
XLON
14:29:38
427
2964
XLON
14:30:00
88
2963
XLON
14:30:00
15
2963
XLON
14:30:00
55
2963
XLON
14:30:00
21
2963
XLON
14:30:00
30
2963
XLON
14:30:00
373
2963
XLON
14:30:07
328
2964
XLON
14:30:28
299
2964
XLON
14:30:49
294
2964
XLON
14:31:21
297
2964
XLON
14:31:47
298
2964
XLON
14:31:58
293
2964
XLON
14:32:33
389
2964
XLON
14:33:15
263
2964
XLON
14:33:37
290
2964
XLON
14:34:19
308
2963
XLON
14:34:19
374
2963
XLON
14:34:41
390
2962
XLON
14:34:41
268
2965
XLON
14:36:03
445
2965
XLON
14:36:46
328
2964
XLON
14:37:23
50
2965
XLON
14:38:42
439
2965
XLON
14:38:53
363
2966
XLON
14:39:24
83
2966
XLON
14:39:30
182
2966
XLON
14:39:30
121
2966
XLON
14:39:36
170
2966
XLON
14:39:36
100
2966
XLON
14:40:21
288
2965
XLON
14:40:57
394
2967
XLON
14:42:15
277
2967
XLON
14:42:34
273
2966
XLON
14:42:37
82
2966
XLON
14:42:37
276
2967
XLON
14:43:28
100
2968
XLON
14:45:03
178
2968
XLON
14:45:03
152
2967
XLON
14:45:19
121
2967
XLON
14:45:19
274
2968
XLON
14:45:39
267
2968
XLON
14:45:47
278
2969
XLON
14:46:53
150
2969
XLON
14:47:28
296
2971
XLON
14:48:33
318
2970
XLON
14:48:40
285
2971
XLON
14:49:53



276
2971
XLON
14:50:05
267
2971
XLON
14:51:05
301
2970
XLON
14:51:51
273
2969
XLON
14:52:07
601
2970
XLON
14:56:05
344
2970
XLON
14:57:19
27
2970
XLON
14:57:19
27
2970
XLON
14:57:19
93
2970
XLON
14:57:19
575
2971
XLON
14:58:21
494
2970
XLON
14:58:43
150
2969
XLON
14:59:22
114
2969
XLON
14:59:22
411
2969
XLON
15:01:04
336
2968
XLON
15:01:13
374
2967
XLON
15:02:07
338
2967
XLON
15:02:33
489
2968
XLON
15:03:11
421
2966
XLON
15:04:02
55
2966
XLON
15:04:02
453
2967
XLON
15:04:59
406
2969
XLON
15:08:59
267
2969
XLON
15:09:22
313
2969
XLON
15:11:17
405
2969
XLON
15:12:10
278
2969
XLON
15:13:02
84
2969
XLON
15:14:31
213
2969
XLON
15:14:37
376
2968
XLON
15:17:23
561
2968
XLON
15:17:31
187
2968
XLON
15:18:35
658
2970
XLON
15:19:34
639
2969
XLON
15:20:08
277
2969
XLON
15:21:00
339
2969
XLON
15:21:47
317
2969
XLON
15:22:19
382
2968
XLON
15:22:46
286
2968
XLON
15:24:01
24
2968
XLON
15:24:01
307
2968
XLON
15:25:02
140
2968
XLON
15:26:46
125
2968
XLON
15:28:08
605
2969
XLON
15:28:51
459
2968
XLON
15:28:51
200
2969
XLON
15:29:04
100
2969
XLON
15:29:04
86
2969
XLON
15:29:04
355
2968
XLON
15:29:20



351
2965
XLON
15:30:02
462
2967
XLON
15:31:08
447
2967
XLON
15:36:05
519
2969
XLON
15:38:25
540
2968
XLON
15:38:52
414
2967
XLON
15:38:54
356
2967
XLON
15:39:52
362
2967
XLON
15:39:56
333
2967
XLON
15:40:39
264
2968
XLON
15:42:57
270
2968
XLON
15:43:57
174
2967
XLON
15:44:11
100
2967
XLON
15:44:11
290
2966
XLON
15:45:17
429
2967
XLON
15:47:44
365
2966
XLON
15:48:27
397
2965
XLON
15:48:46
298
2964
XLON
15:49:07
331
2964
XLON
15:50:47
284
2964
XLON
15:52:41
104
2964
XLON
15:52:41
158
2964
XLON
15:52:41
278
2964
XLON
15:52:51
308
2963
XLON
15:54:16
25
2962
XLON
15:54:16
414
2962
XLON
15:54:16
151
2962
XLON
15:54:29
151
2962
XLON
15:54:29
308
2963
XLON
15:54:53
406
2963
XLON
15:56:52
499
2962
XLON
15:57:28
293
2961
XLON
15:57:43
154
2960
XLON
15:58:35
85
2960
XLON
15:58:35
424
2962
XLON
15:59:33