Publication of Supplementary Prospectus 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") Publication of Supplementary Prospectus The following Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing: Supplementary Prospectus dated 20 March 2017 (the “Supplementary Prospectus”) relating to the £15,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c., British American Tobacco Holdings (The Netherlands) B.V. and B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V. (as Issuers) and British American Tobacco p.l.c. and each of the Issuers (except where it is the relevant Issuer) (as Guarantors). The Supplementary Prospectus should be read and construed in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 20 May 2016, as supplemented by the supplementary prospectuses dated 28 July 2016 and 3 March 2017 (together, the “Prospectus”). To view the Supplementary Prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference therein, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9993Z_-2017-3-20.pdf http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9993Z_1-2017-3-20.pdf The full documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. Enquiries British American Tobacco Press Office Anna Vickerstaff: +44 (0)20 7845 2888 (24 hours) Investor Relations Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley/Sabina Marshman: +44 (0)20 7845 1180/1519/1781 British American Tobacco p.l.c. Globe House 4 Temple Place London WC2R 2PG DISCLAIMER – INTENDED ADDRESSEES Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are one of the intended addressees of the information contained therein. Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement. 21 March 2017 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 22/03/2017 07:05:00 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.