EX-1.01 2 ex101.htm CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
Exhibit 1.01


Conflict Minerals Report
2022

Introduction

This is the Conflict Minerals Report (the ‘Report’) of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (‘BAT’)1. It has been prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (the ‘Rule’) under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ‘Exchange Act’), for the year ending 31 December 2022 (the ‘Reporting Period’). This is BAT’s fourth Report subject to the Rule, following its acquisition of Reynolds American Inc. in July 2017.

Conflict Minerals’ are defined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘SEC’) as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, ‘3TG’). The Rule applies to companies required to file reports with the SEC under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If such companies manufacture or contract to manufacture products that contain 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of the product (‘in-scope products’), they are required to:

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Conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (‘RCOI’) to determine whether any of the 3TG originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the ‘Covered Countries’), or are from recycled or scrap sources; and
   
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Disclose in a conflict minerals report filed as an exhibit to Form SD certain information relating to, among other things, the resu`lts of such RCOI.

Please refer to the requirements of Form SD for further details and definitions of the terms used in this Report2.


Company Overview

BAT is a leading, multi-category consumer goods business. Our Group headquarters is based in the UK and we have operations in over 170 markets worldwide, employing over 50,000 people. In 2022, our Group revenue was £ 27,655 million.

The Company has shares listed on the London Stock Exchange (BATS), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (BTI) and, as American Depositary Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange (BTI).

Electronic components that may contain 3TG are used in the Group’s vapour products (also known as e-cigarettes) and tobacco heating products. The Group’s supply chains are complex, and there are many third parties in the supply chain between Group companies and the mines from which minerals are originally sourced and the smelters and refiners that process those minerals.

Applicability Assessment

For the 2022 reporting, we conducted an analysis of the Group’s products that are likely to contain 3TG. As a result of this analysis, we reasonably determined that the Group manufactures, or contracts to be manufactured, two in-scope products:

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Vapour products – devices and related accessories, such as e-liquid pods and battery chargers, under our global brand Vuse, as well as some local brands of our subsidiaries; and



1 British American Tobacco p.l.c. is the publicly-traded holding company for the British American Tobacco Group of companies. References in this report to ‘BAT’, ‘Group’, ‘Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ when denoting opinion refer to British American Tobacco p.l.c. and when denoting business activity refer to British American Tobacco Group operating companies, collectively or individually as the case may be.
2 Form SD is available at www.sec.gov/about/forms/formsd.pdf



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Tobacco heating products – devices and consumables used with such devices, as well as related accessories, such as battery chargers, under our global brand glo.

RCOI and Due Diligence Framework

As required by Form SD, we conducted a good faith RCOI regarding the Group’s in-scope products for the Reporting Period. This good faith RCOI was designed to determine whether any of the 3TG used in our in-scope products originated in the Covered Countries or if they were from recycled or scrap sources.

In accordance with the Rule, our due diligence process is designed to align with the internationally recognised five-step due diligence framework, set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the ‘OECD Framework’)3 as applicable for 3TG and downstream companies (as ‘downstream companies’ is defined in the OECD Framework). Our process is as follows:

Step 1: Establish Group Systems

We have worked to integrate Conflict Minerals reporting into our existing Group-wide systems as part of our wider human rights strategy and supply chain due diligence procedures.

This has included:


 a)
Adopting a policy for the responsible sourcing of 3TG and communicating this policy to suppliers in our Supplier Code of Conduct (the ‘Code’) since 2018.  An updated version of the Code took effect in January 2022.

The Code states that we expect our suppliers to “ensure responsible sourcing of ‘conflict minerals’ […] and where products or materials supplied to the Group contain such minerals, suppliers should work to exercise appropriate due diligence and perform a reasonable country of origin inquiry, including requiring its suppliers to engage in similar due diligence”.

The Code has been endorsed by the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the ‘Board’), and our Director, Operations owns the policy on behalf of the Management Board.

The Code applies to suppliers to any BAT Group company worldwide and is incorporated into our contractual arrangements. It is publicly available at www.bat.com/principles and communicated to suppliers as part of our onboarding processes.


 b)
Structuring internal Group management to support Conflict Minerals due diligence within our existing human rights supply chain due diligence (‘SCDD’) programme.

The SCDD programme is overseen by the Group’s SCDD governance committee, a cross-functional governance committee, including senior members of Procurement, Group Sustainability and Legal. As such, the responsibility for overseeing the design, implementation and results of the Group’s Conflict Minerals due diligence has been incorporated into the remit of the Group’s SCDD governance committee.

The Operations Sustainability Forum, chaired by the Group’s Director, Operations, has oversight over the Conflict Minerals reporting process as part of its approval of this Report.


 c)
Participating in cross-industry efforts to support responsible minerals sourcing, as part of our membership of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (‘RMI’ – formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative). In November 2022, we obtained membership to the RMI.  Utilising the resources that are available to RMI members, we plan to seek to further enhance our supply chain due diligence process.


d)
Establishing a system of controls and transparency for identifying in-scope products and suppliers. This has included incorporating Conflict Minerals clauses into contractual arrangements with in-scope suppliers. These clauses require such suppliers to confirm compliance with conflict minerals laws, establish conflict minerals due diligence procedures and perform a RCOI, if relevant.

We also provided all in-scope suppliers with detailed guidance to help them understand their Conflict Minerals due diligence obligations, our expectations and approach, and how to complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (‘CMRT’)4. The CMRT is a standardised reporting template developed by the RMI to collect information on the chain of custody of 3TG throughout supply chains, consistent with the OECD Framework.


3 The OECD Framework is available at www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/mining.htm
4 The CMRT is available at www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/reporting-templates/cmrt/.

 

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 e)
Strengthening engagement with suppliers on the issue of responsible mineral sourcing through communicating our Code as part of our supplier onboarding processes. In 2022, we published our refreshed SCoC to strengthen our commitment to supply chain due diligence.


f)
Providing a grievance mechanism through the Group’s Speak Up channels. These independently managed channels are available to anyone working for, or with, a Group company to raise concerns online at www.bat.com/speakup, by text or by telephone hotlines, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and in multiple languages. These channels can be used confidentially and anonymously, without fear of reprisal.

Step 2: Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain

For the Reporting Period, we sent requests to all 11 in-scope suppliers to complete the CMRT. The suppliers’ responses were checked and analysed and, where required, we followed up with suppliers for further information or clarification.

We then compared details of the smelters and refiners provided by our in-scope suppliers against the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (‘RMAP’) database5 to determine if the smelters and refiners that source from the Covered Countries are ‘RMAP Conformant’.

RMI defines smelters and refiners as RMAP Conformant if they have successfully completed an independent RMAP audit. The audit verifies that they have the systems and processes in place to support responsible sourcing of raw materials and can provide evidence to support their sourcing activities; and that they maintain good standing in the programme through a validation process.

The RMI states that “the RMAP standards are developed to meet the requirements of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”.

Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

The Group’s SCDD governance committee oversees the design, implementation and findings of our Conflict Minerals due diligence procedures – including our strategy to respond to identified risks. The committee continues to monitor progress, risks and emerging issues to further strengthen our response to identified risks.

Step 4: Utilise Results of Independent Third-Party Audits of Smelter and Refiner Due Diligence Practices

As Group companies are far removed from the smelters and refiners that process Conflict Minerals in the supply chain, we rely on cross-industry initiatives, such as RMI’s RMAP, which conduct independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners in our supply chain.

As described in Step 2, we review whether the smelters or refiners identified by our in-scope suppliers to be sourcing 3TG from the Covered Countries are listed as RMAP Conformant, based on RMI’s database.

We encourage our suppliers to engage with their own upstream suppliers to ensure smelters or refiners that do source from the Covered Countries to also undergo independent third-party audits in accordance with the OECD Framework.



5 RMI’s smelter database is available at www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/smelter-links/smelter-database/.




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Step 5: Annual Filing of the Conflict Minerals Report

Our Conflict Minerals Reports are filed with the SEC and are available at: www.bat.com/reporting.

Determination

As we do not directly purchase raw minerals, ores or 3TG, we primarily rely on our in-scope suppliers to collate information on smelters and refiners in our supply chain. We received responses from all in-scope suppliers for the Reporting Period.

Based on the RCOI and due diligence work described above, we have determined that certain 3TG contained in our in-scope products may have originated from Covered Countries and may have been processed by smelters that are not listed as RMAP Conformant.

In conclusion, we are unable to determine the origin of certain 3TG contained in our in-scope products, despite our RCOI conducted in good faith.

The full list of smelters and refiners declared by our in-scope suppliers is included in the Annex.

Continuous Improvement Efforts to Mitigate Risk

In 2023, we plan to build upon the following steps:

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Benchmark and update the Conflict Minerals policy integrated in our Supplier Code of Conduct, as appropriate;
   
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Utilise the specialist resources made available to us through our RMI membership to further enhance our due diligence processes;
   
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Continue mapping our New Categories supply chain and building constructive working relationships with our in-scope suppliers;
   
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Continue providing Conflict Minerals training for relevant Relationship managers to build their capacity for engaging with in-scope suppliers on the issue;
   
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Encourage in-scope suppliers to put in place, if not yet implemented, Conflict Mineral sourcing policies and due diligence measures aligned to the OECD Framework;
   
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Encourage in-scope suppliers to further strengthen due diligence efforts, consistent with the OECD Framework, to help improve the quality and completeness of information provided to us; and
   
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Engage in-scope suppliers to encourage smelters who are not listed as RMAP conformant in their supply chain to achieve, or make progress towards, RMAP Conformance.



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Annex

List of all smelters and refiners declared by our in-scope suppliers.

Metal
Smelter Name
Smelter Country
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Agosi AG
GERMANY
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
BRAZIL
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPAN
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANY
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
PHILIPPINES
Gold
Boliden AB
SWEDEN
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
GERMANY
Gold
Caridad
MEXICO
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
CANADA
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALY
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Dowa
JAPAN
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
JAPAN
Gold
JSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
LT Metal Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG
GERMANY
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
TURKEY
Gold
Japan Mint
JAPAN



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Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADA
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Kazzinc
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
Gold
L’azurde Company For Jewelry
SAUDI ARABIA
Gold
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Materion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
SINGAPORE
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
MEXICO
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIA
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADA
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF



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Gold
Samwon Metals Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
SPAIN
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
JAPAN
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
Gold
Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Torecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
BRAZIL
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
BELGIUM
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
AUSTRALIA
Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINA
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
CZECHIA
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
THAILAND
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Gold
Republic Metals Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
POLAND
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
ITALY
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
NETHERLANDS
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Marsam Metals
BRAZIL
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
SAAMP
FRANCE
Gold
L’Orfebre S.A.
ANDORRA



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Gold
8853 S.p.A.
ITALY
Gold
Italpreziosi
ITALY
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIA
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
INDIA
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Morris and Watson Gold Coast
AUSTRALIA
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Pease & Curren
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
CHILE
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
ITALY
Gold
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
LITHUANIA
Gold
NH Recytech Company
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
TSK Pretech
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS
COLOMBIA
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
JAPAN
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
JAPAN
Gold
Augmont Enterprises Private Limited
INDIA
Gold
Alexy Metals
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold
Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)
COLOMBIA
Gold
Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
WEEEREFINING
FRANCE
Gold
China National Gold Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED
CHINA
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
AMG Brasil
BRAZIL
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Tantalum
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
NPM Silmet AS
ESTONIA



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Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
QuantumClean
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
Telex Metals
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
KEMET de Mexico
MEXICO
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Tantalum
TANIOBIS GmbH
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPAN
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Powder
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINA
Tantalum
Meta Materials
NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF
Tantalum
Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Fujian Dingxin Company Limited
CHINA
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Alpha
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin
CV Gita Pesona
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Premium Tin Indonesia
INDONESIA
Tin
CV United Smelting
INDONESIA
Tin
Dowa
JAPAN
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLAND



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Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINA
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIA
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Minsur
PERU
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Tin
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bukit Timah
INDONESIA
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Prima Timah Utama
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Timah Nusantara
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Tommy Utama
INDONESIA
Tin
Rui Da Hung
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Thaisarco
THAILAND
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC
VIETNAM
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINA



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Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
INDONESIA
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
INDONESIA
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Ayi Jaya
INDONESIA
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIETNAM
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIETNAM
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIETNAM
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Rajehan Ariq
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Cipta Persada Mulia
INDONESIA
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIETNAM
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
Tin
Metallo Belgium N.V.
BELGIUM
Tin
Metallo Spain S.L.U.
SPAIN
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Sukses Inti Makmur
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri
INDONESIA
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
VIETNAM
Tin
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
INDONESIA
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
CHINA
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
CHINA
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Tin
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
PT Bangka Serumpun
INDONESIA
Tin
Pongpipat Company Limited
MYANMAR
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
PT Masbro Alam Stania
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
Luna Smelter, Ltd.
RWANDA
Tin
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
INDIA
Tin
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo
INDONESIA
Tin
CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda
BRAZIL
Tin
CRM Synergies
SPAIN




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Tin
Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)
INDONESIA
Tin
Maanshan Linyang Mechanical & Electrical Co. , Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. Corp.
JAPAN
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
VIETNAM
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
AUSTRIA
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
VIETNAM
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
GERMANY
Tungsten
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Tungsten
Masan High-Tech Materials
VIETNAM
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
CHINA
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten
China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Unecha Refractory metals plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City
CHINA
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA




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Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZIL
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
KGETS Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Tungsten
Jingmen Dewei GEM Tungsten Resources Recycling Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.
BRAZIL
Tungsten
Cronimet Brasil Ltda
BRAZIL
Tungsten
Fujian Xinlu Tungsten
CHINA




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Further Information

About this Report

This is our fourth Conflict Minerals Report in accordance with the Rule under the Exchange Act.

The material in this Report is not provided for product advertising, promotional or marketing purposes. This material does not constitute and should not be construed as constituting an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of our products. Our products are sold only in compliance with the laws of the particular jurisdictions in which they are sold.

References in this Report to reports and information on websites, including the web address of BAT, have been included as inactive textual references only. These websites and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into or to form part of this Report.

Forward-looking Statements

This Report contains certain forward-looking statements, including “forward-looking” statements made within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “could,” “may,” “would,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “positioned,” “strategy,” “outlook”, “target” and similar expressions.

These include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in the countries and markets in which the Group operates, including the projected future financial and operating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, these forward-looking statements include, among other statements, statements in the Continuous Improvement Efforts to Mitigate Risk section (page 4).

All such forward-looking statements involve estimates and assumptions that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. It is believed that the expectations reflected in this Report are reasonable but they may be affected by a wide range of variables that could cause actual results and performances to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are uncertainties related to the following: the impact of competition from illicit trade, the impact of adverse domestic or international legislation and regulation, the inability to develop, commercialise and deliver the Group’s New Categories strategy, adverse litigation and dispute outcomes and the effect of such outcomes on the Group’s financial condition, the impact of significant increases or structural changes in tobacco, nicotine and New Categories related taxes, translational and transactional foreign exchange rate exposure, changes or differences in domestic or international economic or political conditions, the ability to maintain credit ratings and to fund the business under the current capital structure, the impact of serious injury, illness or death in the workplace, adverse decisions by domestic or international regulatory bodies, changes in the market position, businesses, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Group, and direct and indirect adverse impacts associated with climate change and the move towards a circular economy.

The forward-looking statements reflect knowledge and information available at the date of preparation of this Report and the Group undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in BAT’s filings with the SEC, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K, which may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.




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