BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO WKN: 916018 ISIN: GB0002875804 Kürzel: BATS Forum: Aktien Thema: Hauptdiskussion

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2024 Outlook - Global tobacco industry volume expected to be down c.3% mainly due to the U.S. and Indonesia. - Low-single figure organic revenue* growth and continued progress towards our 2025 £5 billion New Category revenue ambition. - Low-single figure organic adjusted profit from operations growth*, including an expected c.2% transactional FX headwind. - Performance expected to be second half weighted given planned investment phasing and expected slow recovery in U.S. macros. - Expected translational foreign exchange headwind of 3% on full year adjusted profit from operations growth. - Operating cash flow conversion in excess of 90%. - Progress towards the middle of our 2-3x adjusted net debt/adjusted EBITDA corridor*. - Commitment to dividend growth in sterling terms*. * at constant rates of exchange.

2024 Outlook - Global tobacco industry volume expected to be down c.3% mainly due to the U.S. and Indonesia. - Low-single figure organic revenue* growth and continued progress towards our 2025 £5 billion New Category revenue ambition. - Low-single figure organic adjusted profit from operations growth*, including an expected c.2% transactional FX headwind. - Performance expected to be second half weighted given planned investment phasing and expected slow recovery in U.S. macros. - Expected translational foreign exchange headwind of 3% on full year adjusted profit from operations growth. - Operating cash flow conversion in excess of 90%. - Progress towards the middle of our 2-3x adjusted net debt/adjusted EBITDA corridor*. - Commitment to dividend growth in sterling terms*. * at constant rates of exchange.

Revenue down 1.3%, up 3.1% on an organic basis (at constant rates), driven by New Categories organic revenue up 21.0% (at constant rates) and resilient pricing – Strong volume led New Category revenue growth - driven by Vuse and Velo, with revenue from Non-Combustibles now 16.5% of Group revenue, up 170 bps vs FY22 – New Categories achieved profitability in 2023 (at a category contribution level), two years ahead of original target and contributing a £398 million increase to Group profit, at constant rates of exchange – Global settlement with Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) that resolves all ongoing patent infringement litigation between the parties related to our Heated Products (HP) and Vapour products – Total Combustibles organic revenue up 0.6% (at constant rates), with organic price/mix of +6.1% offset by lower volume and geographic mix mainly due to macro-economic pressures in the U.S. impacting the premium segment – Strong performances from AME and APMEA, demonstrating the benefit our global footprint and multi-category strategy – Reported loss from operations of £15,751m (with reported operating margin down 95.8 ppts to -57.7%) - impacted by a £27.6 billion non-cash impairment charge mainly related to our U.S. business (£27.3 billion) – Adjusted organic profit from operations up 3.9% at constant rates, adjusted organic operating margin up 40 bps to 45.6% – Reported diluted EPS at -646.6p; adjusted organic diluted EPS up 5.2% at constant rates – Operating cash flow conversion 100% - organic adjusted net debt / adjusted EBITDA down to 2.6x – Dividend growth of 2.0% to 235.52p, in line with our progressive dividend increase approach – Continued ESG progress - 2023 MSCI rating upgraded to A (2022: BBB), achieved targets for water withdrawn and waste generated two years early