British American Tobacco Announces Board Appointment 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") 28 July 2016 British American Tobacco Announces Board Appointment Dr Marion Helmes will join the Board of British American Tobacco as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 August 2016. Dr Helmes brings significant financial expertise and operational experience gained at an international level. During her extensive career, Dr Helmes has worked in several CFO positions including Celesio, Q- Cells and ThyssenKrupp Elevator Technology. Dr Helmes also sits on the audit committees for the three companies where she has non-executive director roles – NXP, ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Bilfinger. Dr Helmes is a German national and has spent her working life managing businesses across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Commenting on the appointment, Chairman, Richard Burrows said: “We are looking forward to welcoming Dr Helmes to the Board of British American Tobacco. Her financial expertise combined with the experience she can bring from other audit committees will further strengthen our Company and our Board.” Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 28/07/2016 08:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.