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Endpoint: British American Tobacco PLC



created on: 30/09/2025
by: bob (10247)
 
 

Company properties

General info :
British American Tobacco PLC (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products including electronic cigarettes.
The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England.
As of 2023, it is the second-largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales.

BAT has operations in around 180 countries and its cigarette brands include Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans. Its brands also include Vuse e-cigarettes, Glo heated tobacco, and Velo nicotine pouches.

BAT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. BAT plc ordinary shares are also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Shares.

The company was formed in 1902, when the United Kingdom's Imperial Tobacco Company and the United States' American Tobacco Company agreed to form a joint venture, the "British-American Tobacco Company Ltd."
At its peak in 1937, BAT manufactured and distributed 55 billion cigarettes in China. The company's assets were seized by the Japanese in 1941 following their 1937 invasion. In 1949 the company was ejected from China following the foundation of the People's Republic.

In 1976 the Group companies were reorganised under a new holding company, "B.A.T. Industries". In 1994 BAT acquired its former parent, American Tobacco Company (though reorganised after anti-trust proceedings). This brought the Lucky Strike and Pall Mall brands into BAT's portfolio.

In 1999 it merged with Rothmans International PLC, which included a share in a factory in Burma.
In 2003, BAT acquired Ente Tabacchi Italiani (ETI) S.p.A., Italy's state tobacco company.
In August 2003, BAT acquired a 67.8% holding in the Serbian tobacco company Duvanska Industrija Vranje (DIV), allowing local manufacture of its brands, freeing them from import duties.
In July 2004, the U.S. business of British American Tobacco (Brown & Williamson) was combined with that of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R. J. Reynolds), under the R. J. Reynolds name. R. J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson were the second and third-ranking U.S. tobacco companies prior to the combination. When they combined, R. J. Reynolds became a subsidiary of Reynolds American, with BAT holding a 42% share. In January 2007, BAT closed its remaining UK production plant in Southampton with the loss of over 600 jobs. However, the global research and development operation, and some financial functions, continue on the site.
Then in 2008, BAT acquired Turkey's state-owned cigarette maker Tekel.
In July 2008, BAT acquired the cigarette and snus operations of the Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
BAT acquired 60% of Indonesia's Bentoel Group in 2009 before increasing its stake to 100% the following year.
In May 2011, BAT acquired the Colombian company Productora Tabacalera de Colombia S.A.S. (Protabaco).
In October 2015, BAT acquired the Croatian tobacco company TDR d.o.o. Brands and Factory in Kanfanar.
In October 2016, BAT offered to buy the remaining 57.8 per cent of U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American in a $47 billion takeover that would create the world's biggest listed tobacco company with brands including Newport, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall.
In January 2017, Reynolds agreed to an increased $49.4 billion deal. The deal was completed in July 2017.

In April 2017, the company announced the acquisition of a number of Bulgarian cigarette brands from Bulgartabac for more than €100 million.

In March 2021, the company bought a stake of close to 20% in the Canada-based cannabis producer OrganiGram for about £126 million as part of a diversification strategy.

On 14 September 2023, the company announced the sale of BAT Russia to a consortium led by local management. BAT Russia changed its name to the International Tobacco Marketing Services Group.
Relations :
Uses the brand name : Dunhill (Cigarettes)
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
Uses the brand name [non-UK markets] : John Player Special
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
Uses the brand name : Kent (Cigarettes)
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
Uses the brand name : Lucky Strike
This endpoint is new to the database, please check he (it) is not in with a similar endpoint name association (and use the ENA function if necessary).
Uses the brand name : Pall Mall
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
Uses the brand name : Rothmans (Cigarettes)
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
Uses the brand name [1999 - 2005] : Roxy (Cigarettes)
This endpoint is approved in the database from previous submissions.
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Submitted by : bob (10247)
on : 30/09/2025
Refined by : bob (10247)
Last updated on: 30/09/2025