BARCODE

SHAREHOLDER REF NO

Proxy Form

CONTROL NUMBER 918866

SRN

PIN

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual General Meeting, Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0UG. Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 11.30am (UK time).

PLEASE REFER TO THE NOTES OVERLEAF BEFORE COMPLETING THIS PROXY FORM

I/We, the undersigned, being the registered shareholder(s) in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the 'Company'), hereby appoint the Chair of the Meeting, or

*No. of shares (if applicable)

as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote in respect of my/our voting entitlement* on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 and at any adjournment thereof (the 'Meeting'). I/We wish my/our proxy to vote as indicated on this form. I/We direct further that my/our proxy will vote (or withhold a vote) as he/she thinks fit on any of the resolutions where no specific direction as to voting is given and on any other matter which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made*. For the appointment of more than one proxy, please see Note 3 overleaf.

You can submit your proxy electronically at www.eproxyappointment.com or by scanning the QR code above with your Smartphone. You will be asked to enter the Control Number, SRN and PIN shown at the top of this form.

Please indicate your vote by marking the appropriate boxes in black ink like this X. Any alterations to this form should be initialled.

Notification of Availability of Shareholder Documents

The British American Tobacco p.l.c. Annual Report and Form 20-F 2023 is available online at www.bat.com/annualreport, together with the Combined Performance and Sustainability Summary 2023.

The British American Tobacco p.l.c. Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 and its appendices are available online at www.bat.com/AGM. You are advised to read the Notice of Meeting (and appendices) in its entirety.

Please note that this notification is not a full summary of those documents and should not be regarded as a substitute for reading them.

Electronic Communications

If you would prefer to receive an email notification when shareholder communications become available online, you can register your email address with the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC, www.computershare.com/uk/investor/bri. By providing your email address you will no longer receive paper copies of shareholder communications that are available electronically. Instead, you will receive an email advising you when and how to access documents online.

Annual General Meeting - Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 11.30am (UK time)

The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. will be held at Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0UG on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 11.30am (UK time).

At the Annual General Meeting, resolutions 1 to 18 will be voted on by a poll. Please refer to voting guidance notes in the Notice of Meeting for further information.

If you wish to appoint another person as your proxy, please detach the proxy form, complete it and send it to Computershare Investor Services PLC in the enclosed envelope which is pre-paid and addressed.

To be valid, the proxy form must be received no later than 11.30am on Monday, 22 April 2024 (UK time).

A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by him/her. A separate proxy form should be used for each proxy appointment. If you intend to appoint additional proxies, please contact Computershare Investor Services PLC on 0800 408 0094 or +44 370 889 3159 to obtain an additional proxy form(s). Alternatively you may photocopy the attached proxy form.

Sending in a completed proxy form or forms will not preclude you from attending and voting at the Meeting.

PLEASE DETACH

Ordinary resolutions: numbers 1 to 15

Special resolutions: numbers 16 to 18

Resolution

For

  1. Receipt of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts
  2. Approval of the 2023 Directors' remuneration report

3 Reappointment of the Auditors

4 Authority for the Audit Committee to

agree the Auditors' remuneration

5 Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director (N)

6 Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director

7 Re-election of Kandy Anand

as a Director (N, R)

8 Re-election of Karen Guerra

as a Director (A, N)

  1. Re-electionof Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director (A, N)
  2. Re-electionof Véronique Laury

as a Director (A, N)

Vote

Vote

Against withheld

Resolution

For

Against withheld

  1. Re-electionof Darrell Thomas as a Director (A, N)
  2. Election of Murray S. Kessler as a Director (N, R)

13 Election of Serpil Timuray

as a Director (N, R)

14 Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure

  1. Renewal of the Directors' authority to allot shares
  2. Renewal of the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
  3. Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

18 Notice period for General Meetings

If you wish to register an electronic appointment of a proxy, you may do so at www.eproxyappointment.com or by scanning the QR code at the top of the proxy form with your Smartphone. Please refer to the Notice of Meeting for further information. You will need the Control Number, Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN shown on the attached proxy form. To be valid, electronic proxy appointments must be received no later than 11.30am on Monday, 22 April 2024 (UK time).

Proxy appointments via CREST

CREST participants may lodge proxy appointments via CREST. Please refer to the Notice of Meeting for further information.

If you have any questions regarding the completion of this proxy form, please contact Computershare Investor Services PLC on: 0800 408 0094 or +44 370 889 3159.

Board Committee memberships: (A) Audit (N) Nominations (R) Remuneration

Signature

Date

This form should not be used for comments, change of address or queries. Please make a separate notification.

Shares held in uncertificated form (i.e. in CREST) may be voted through the CREST Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual

on the Euroclear website (www.euroclear.com/CREST).

EXT1977BRI3

Notes

  1. The resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors of the British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the 'Company') to be voted on are set out overleaf.
  2. If you wish to appoint some other person(s) as your proxy, please complete the proxy form overleaf by reference to the explanatory notes in the Notice of Meeting. You should insert in block letters the name of the person you wish to appoint in the space provided. You should leave the box blank if you wish to appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy. If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or if the proxy form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).
  3. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name (marked with an *) the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate by ticking the box at the beginning of paragraph two overleaf if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. To appoint more than one proxy, (an) additional proxy form(s) may be obtained by contacting Computershare Investor Services PLC on 0800 408 0094 or +44 370 889 3159 or you may photocopy the form. All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
  4. If no name is entered in the box next to the proxy holder's name overleaf, the return of the signed form will authorise the Chair of the Meeting to act as your proxy.
  5. Please note that a 'Vote withheld' has no legal effect and will count neither for nor against a resolution.
  6. If you fail to select any of the given options, the proxy is authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) at his or her discretion on the specified resolutions. The proxy is also authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) on any other business which may properly come before the Meeting.
  7. This proxy form must be signed by the shareholder or the shareholder's attorney. A proxy form must be completed by, or on behalf of, the shareholder making the appointment. A corporation may execute the proxy form either under its common seal or under the hand of a duly authorised officer(s).
  8. In the case of joint holders, any one holder may sign the proxy form. The vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote will be counted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority is determined by the order in which the names appear on the register of shareholders.
  9. The proxy must attend the Meeting in person to represent you. The completion of a form of proxy does not preclude you from attending or voting in person.
  10. You may not use any electronic address provided in this proxy form to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
  11. Terms defined in the Notice of Meeting shall have the same meanings when used in this proxy form.
  12. If you have received more than one communication from us, then you may have more than one shareholding registered in your name. To merge your shareholdings, please contact Computershare using the details on this form, quoting the relevant Shareholder Reference Numbers (SRNs).

How to get there

The Venue for the 2024 Annual General Meeting is Hilton London Bankside 2-8 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0UG.

Getting to the AGM Venue:

By underground

The nearest underground stations are Southwark, Blackfriars, Waterloo or London Bridge.

We recommend that you obtain up-to-date travel information from Transport for London at www.tfl.gov.uk (tel: 0343 222 1234) before you travel.

By mainline train

The nearest mainline stations are Waterloo East, Blackfriars or London Bridge.

Hilton London

Bankside

Administration

  1. Please refer to the Company's website.
  2. For your personal safety and security, there will be checks and bag searches of everyone attending the Meeting. We recommend that you arrive in time to allow for these procedures.
  3. Recording equipment, cameras and other items that might interfere with the good order of the Meeting will not be permitted in the auditorium. The recording or photographing of the event and the proceedings of the Meeting by any device at any time is strictly forbidden. Any infringement will be dealt with appropriately by BAT authorised personnel. You are requested to turn off all mobile devices during the Meeting unless you are using your personal mobile device for voting purposes.
  4. There will be facilities for shareholders who are in wheelchairs. Anybody accompanying a shareholder as a carer will be admitted to the Meeting.
  5. A hearing induction loop will be available for those who wish to use it.

Attachments

  • Original Link
  • Original Document
  • Permalink

Disclaimer

British American Tobacco plc published this content on 14 March 2024 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 14 March 2024 16:12:07 UTC.