Annual Financial Report

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2010 and Annual General Meeting 2011

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company") made its Preliminary Announcement of its audited results in respect of the year ended 31 December 2010 (the "Preliminary Announcement") on 24 February 2011. The Preliminary Announcement included the information required by Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5.

The Company now reports that the following documents are being mailed to its shareholders (as applicable) today, Monday 28 March 2011, and will be also available to be viewed or downloaded on the British American Tobacco website as indicated:

(1) Annual Report and Accounts 2010 www.bat.com/annualreport

(2) Performance Summary 2010 www.bat.com/AGM

(3) Notice of Annual General Meeting 2011 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 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism later today and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The Annual General Meeting of the Company is scheduled to be held at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB on Thursday 28 April 2011 at 11.30am.

G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary

28 March 2011

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