BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC - Board committee changes

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")

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.
BOARD COMMITTEE CHANGES

Following a review of the memberships of its Board committees and the re-election of all Directors
at the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2015, British American Tobacco today announces that
Kieran Poynter, a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2010, will assume the role of
Remuneration Committee Chairman and will step down as Audit Committee Chairman. He will
remain a member of the Audit Committee.

Dr Gerry Murphy, who has been a Non-Executive Director since 2009 and Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee since 2011, will step down as Chairman and as a member of the
Remuneration Committee and he will become a member of the Audit Committee.

Christine Morin-Postel, who has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2007, the
Senior Independent Director since 2013 and a member of the Audit Committee since 2014, will
become Chairman of the Audit Committee.

There are no changes to Committee memberships other than those outlined above.

All of the above changes will take effect from 5 May 2015.

Nicola Snook
Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.


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1 May 2015
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