Dividend Announcement- BTIIHG INVESTEC BANK LIMITED WARRANTS JSE SHARE CODE: BTIIHG JSE ISIN CODE: ZAE000232526 DECLARED DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT ON BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC HOT ENHANCED DIVIDEND SECURITIES – (“BTIIHG”) With reference to the dividend announcement, the Directors of British American Tobacco Plc have recommended a final dividend of 118.1 pence per ordinary share payable on Thursday, 4 May 2017 to ordinary shareholders, recorded in the books of the company at the close of business on Friday, 17 March 2017. The currency exchange rate applicable for the dividend is GBP: ZAR = 16.32100 as at 21 February 2017. In terms of the new Dividend Tax effective from 22 February 2017, the following additional information is disclosed: 1) local dividend tax rate is 20%; 2) net local dividend amount is 1542.00808 South African cents per share for shareholders liable to pay the new Dividends Tax and 1927.51010 South African cents per share for shareholders exempt from paying the new Dividends Tax; 3) the issued share capital of British American Tobacco Plc is 1 864 374 894 ordinary shares; 4) the British American Tobacco Plc tax reference number is 9378193172; and 5) Investec Bank Limited tax reference number is 9675/053/71/5. Accordingly, the holders of BTIIHG will receive a dividend amount per ordinary share on Thursday, 4 May 2017 in terms of the Cession clause incorporated in the Supplement between the holders and Investec Bank Limited. The last day to trade (“cum” the dividend) in order to participate in the dividend will be Tuesday, 14 March 2017. BTIIHG Hot Enhanced Dividend Securities will commence trading “ex” the dividend from the commencement of business on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, and the record date will be Friday, 17 March 2017. 27 February 2017 Copies of the offering circular may be obtained from: Investec Bank Limited 100 Grayston Drive Sandown Sandton 2196 For further information contact: Investec Warrants Tel.: 0860 103 343 E-mail: warrants@investec.co.za Internet: www.investec.co.za Sponsor Investec Securities (Pty) Limited Member of the JSE Registration number (1972/008905/07) Date: 27/02/2017 05:02:00 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.