Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2017 and Annual General Meeting 2018 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. Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2017 and Annual General Meeting 2018 British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") reports that the following documents are being mailed and made available to its shareholders (as applicable) today, 22 March 2018. Those documents with a web-link shown are also available to be viewed or downloaded on the British American Tobacco website as indicated: (1) Annual Report 2017 (including the Strategic Report 2017)(1) www.bat.com/annualreport (2) Performance Summary 2017 www.bat.com/annualreport (3) Notice of Annual General Meeting 2018 www.bat.com/AGM (4) Proxy Form (5) Proxy Form - South Africa (6) Voting Instruction Form - South Africa In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of each of the above documents(1) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection via the following link: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. Note: (1) On 15 March 2018, the Company announced that the Annual Report 2017 was published to be viewed or downloaded on the Company’s website and was submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. The relevant disclosures were also made with reference to the requirements of Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Bridget Creegan Deputy Secretary 22 March 2018 Enquiries: Investor Relations Mike Nightingale/Rachael Brierley/Stephanie Brassinne +44 20 7845 1180/1519/2012 British American Tobacco Press Office +44 (0) 20 7845 2888 (24 hours) | @BATPress Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 22/03/2018 10:00:00 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.