British American Tobacco
British multinational tobacco company
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| April 2024 | McLaren announced a partnership extension with BAT, which now includes the McLaren Formula E Team. |
| September 14 2023 | BAT announced the sale of BAT Russia to a consortium led by local management, with BAT Russia changing its name to the International Tobacco Marketing Services Group. |
| May 2023 | Jack Bowles resigned as chief executive and was replaced by Tadeu Marroco. |
| April 2023 | BAT admitted to selling cigarettes to North Korea in violation of US sanctions between 2007 and 2017, resulting in a $635 million settlement with US authorities - the Department of Justice's largest single North Korean sanctions penalty. |
| 2021 | Vuse partnered with McLaren F1 Team to race bespoke liveries designed by emerging artists at the Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. |
| 2021 | Luc Jobin was appointed as the chairman of the British American Tobacco board. |
| September 2021 | BBC Panorama investigation found evidence BAT enlisted Forensic Security Services to sabotage and surveil competitor factories, and negotiated a bribe to release arrested spies. |
| September 14 2021 | NGO STOP reported BAT distributed over $600,000 in cash, cars, and campaign donations to politicians, legislators, civil servants, journalists, and competing companies' employees between 2008 and 2013. |
| March 2021 | BAT bought a stake of close to 20% in the Canada-based cannabis producer OrganiGram for about £126 million. |
| February 2021 | The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (OCCRP) published an investigation exposing BAT's cigarette trafficking in northern Mali, which allegedly helped finance jihadist and separatist groups through systematic oversupply. |
| January 2021 | Serious Fraud Office closed its investigation into BAT corruption, concluding the evidence did not meet prosecution standards. |
| 2019 | McLaren signed a multi-year partnership deal with BAT through its 'A Better Tomorrow' transformation agenda, returning BAT to Formula 1 for the first time since 2006. |
| 2018 | BAT Canada launched Vype (later renamed Vuse), entering the vaping product market as an alternative to traditional combustible tobacco products. |
| 2017 | Reported that BAT used threats and bullying to stop or lessen anti-smoking legislation in at least eight African countries, including challenging Uganda's Tobacco Control Act and requesting Kenya's high court to quash anti-smoking legislation. |
| 2017 | Imperial Tobacco Canada rebranded as BAT Canada, becoming part of the British American Tobacco (BAT) global corporate structure. |
| August 2017 | Former employee Paul Hopkins released internal documents to The Guardian, revealing British American Tobacco's marketing strategies in unstable nations and conflict zones, including plans to sell cigarettes in Somalia, South Sudan, Iraq, and Syria. |
| August 2017 | Serious Fraud Office opened a formal investigation into BAT based on whistleblower Paul Hopkins' claims of bribing government officials in Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Comoros to undermine tobacco control regulations. |
| July 2017 | The Reynolds American takeover deal was completed. |
| January 2017 | Reynolds agreed to an increased $49.4 billion deal with BAT. |
| October 2016 | BAT offered to buy the remaining 57.8% of U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American in a $47 billion takeover. |
| November 2015 | BBC Panorama programme alleged BAT was bribing officials in Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya to limit implementation of WHO's Tobacco Control Framework, with documents provided by whistleblower Paul Hopkins. |
| June 1 2015 | Quebec Superior Court ruled against Imperial Tobacco Canada in two class action suits, imposing a judgment exceeding $10 billion – the highest tobacco judgment in Canadian history. The court found Imperial Tobacco failed in its duty of care to Quebec consumers before 1998 and mandated a $1 billion payment within 60 days, regardless of appeal. |
| November 2012 | Zimbabwean government arrested individuals for spying on local tobacco factories. President Robert Mugabe accused BAT of spying and hijacking competitor trucks. |
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