BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

NOTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LISTING RULE 9.6.14R(2)

Notification is made in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14R(2) that Mr Lionel Nowell, III, a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco p.l.c., has been appointed as a Director of Ecolab Inc., a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, effective 4 December 2018.

S Kerr

Assistant Secretary

4 December 2018

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