FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tokyo, September 18, 2019

Japanese Domestic Cigarette Sales Results for August 2019

(Preliminary Report)

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announced today a preliminary report of the Company's Japanese domestic cigarette sales results for August 2019.

(figures are rounded off)

2018

2019

Aug.

Jan. - Aug.

Aug.

Jan. - Aug.

JT Cigarette Sales

7.3

54.8

6.6

50.6

Volume

-9.4%

-12.7%

-10.6%

-7.7%

(Billions of cigarettes)

Japanese Domestic

43.8

326.9

42.3

325.7

Cigarette Revenue

-9.4%

-12.5%

-3.4%

-0.4%

(Billions of Yen)

( ): net change in comparison to the same period in the previous year

*1: JT's Cigarette market share is:

  • 59.8% for August 2019
  • 60.7% for January - August 2019
  • 61.4% for January- December 2018

*2: JT Cigarette Sales Volume, Japanese Domestic Cigarette Revenue and JT's Cigarette market share include the estimated volume of Little Cigars and previous year's results are restated accordingly.

*3: We have revised our figures since the last update issued on August 21, 2019, "Japanese Domestic Cigarette Sales Results for July 2019 (Preliminary Report)", and have amended the following:

  • Japanese Domestic Cigarette Revenue (Billions of Yen)
    • (old) July 2019: 43.0 (3.0%), January - July 2019: 283.7 (0.2%)
    • (new) July 2019: 42.9 (2.7%), January - July 2019: 283.4 (0.1%)

The above figures are preliminarily reported on a management basis.

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Japan Tobacco Inc. is a leading international tobacco company with operations in more than 130 countries. With over 63,000 employees, it manufactures and sells some of the world's best-known brands including Winston, Camel, MEVIUS and LD. The JT Group is committed to investing in Reduced-Risk Products (RRP) and currently markets its tobacco vapor products under the Ploom brand and various e-cigarette products under the Logic brand. The Group is also present in the pharmaceutical and processed food businesses. For more information, visit https://www.jt.com/.

Contacts:

Masahito Shirasu, General Manager

Jo Oshiana Ogawa, Associate Manager

Media and Investor Relations Division

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Tokyo: +81-3-5572-4292

E-mail: jt.media.relations@jt.com

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