BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Board Committee Changes

British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Board Committee Changes

 British American Tobacco p.l.c.
 Incorporated in England and Wales
 (Registration number: 03407696)
 Short name: BATS
 Share code: BTI
 ISIN number: GB0002875804
 ("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")

 14 January 2019

 British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Board Committee Changes

 Following a review of the memberships of its Board committees, British American Tobacco today
 announces that Holly Keller Koeppel, a Non-Executive Director of the Company and member of the
 Audit Committee since 2017, will assume the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee succeeding
 Kieran Poynter, who will remain a member of the Audit Committee.

 Luc Jobin will join the Audit Committee and step down from the Remuneration Committee.

 Dr Marion Helmes will join the Remuneration Committee and step down from the Audit Committee.

 All of the above changes will take effect from 14 January 2019.

 As a consequence of the above changes, the memberships of the Company’s Audit Committee and
 Remuneration Committee (all comprising Non-Executive Directors) are as follows with effect from 14
 January 2019:

Audit Committee                           Remuneration Committee
Chairman: Holly Keller Koeppel            Chairman: Dimitri Panayotopoulos
Luc Jobin                                 Sue Farr
Kieran Poynter                            Dr Marion Helmes
                                          Savio Kwan


 Paul McCrory
 Secretary
 British American Tobacco p.l.c.


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