REG - British Amer.Tobacco - Board and Committee Changes

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RNS Number : 0508C  British American Tobacco PLC  06 February 2024

6 February 2024

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the 'Company')

Board and Committee Changes

The Company announces that Sue Farr and Dimitri Panayotopoulos will step down
from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the Company's AGM on 24
April 2024 having served as Non-Executive Directors for nine years.

As a result of these departures, the Company announces changes to the role of
Senior Independent Director and to the composition of the Audit and
Remuneration Committees.

With effect from the conclusion of the Company's AGM on 24 April 2024:

-     Holly Keller Koeppel will be appointed as Senior Independent
Director, succeeding Sue Farr. Holly has been a Non-Executive Director of the
Company since July 2017 and she is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and
a member of the Nominations Committee.

 

-     Darrell Thomas will be appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee,
succeeding Holly Keller Koeppel, who will remain a member of the Audit
Committee.

 

-     Kandy Anand will be appointed as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee, succeeding Dimitri Panayotopoulos.

Commenting of the changes, Luc Jobin, said: "I would like to thank both Sue
and Dimitri for their extensive contribution to the Board over their tenures.
I would also like to thank Holly for chairing the Audit Committee since 2019.
I look forward to welcoming Holly, Darrell and Kandy to their new roles."

From the conclusion of the 2024 AGM, the memberships of the Company's Audit
and Remuneration Committees will be:

 Audit Committee                              Remuneration Committee
 Chair: Darrell Thomas                        Chair: Kandy Anand
 Holly Keller Koeppel                         Murray S. Kessler
 Karen Guerra                                 Serpil Timuray
 Véronique Laury

 

The above proposals are subject to re-election of each of the Directors at the
2024 AGM.

This announcement is made in accordance with LR 9.6.11.

Enquiries:

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Jane Henderson: +44 (0)20 7845 1117

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