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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-15-024378
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150612
FILED AS OF DATE: 20150616
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150616
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275283
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111]
IRS NUMBER: 200546644
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 401 NORTH MAIN ST
CITY: WINSTON SALEM
STATE: NC
ZIP: 27102
BUSINESS PHONE: 3367412000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 401 NORTH MAIN ST
CITY: WINSTON SALEM
STATE: NC
ZIP: 27102
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303209
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32258
FILM NUMBER: 15933822
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 103 FOULK ROAD, SUITE 117
CITY: WILMINGTON
STATE: DE
ZIP: 19803
BUSINESS PHONE: 502 568 7929
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 401 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE
CITY: LOUISVILLE
STATE: KY
ZIP: 40232
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: British American Tobacco p.l.c.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303523
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32258
FILM NUMBER: 15933823
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE
STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE
CITY: LONDON
STATE: X0
ZIP: WC2R 2PG
BUSINESS PHONE: 44-207-845-2000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE
STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE
CITY: LONDON
STATE: X0
ZIP: WC2R 2PG
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doc1.xml
FORM 4
X0306
4
2015-06-12
0
0001275283
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC
RAI
0001303523
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
GLOBE HOUSE
4 TEMPLE PLACE
LONDON
X0
WC2R 2PG
UNITED KINGDOM
0
0
1
0
0001303209
Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.
103 FOULK ROAD, SUITE 117
WILMINGTON
DE
19803
0
0
1
0
Common Stock
2015-06-12
4
P
0
77680259
60.16
A
301014278
I
See footnotes
This Form 4 is being filed jointly by British American Tobacco p.l.c. ("BAT") and Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc. ("B&W") with regard to their beneficial ownership of certain shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Reynolds American Inc. (the "Issuer"). B&W is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATUS Holdings Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Louisville Securities Limited ("Louisville"). Louisville is a wholly owned subsidiary of British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Weston (2009) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (2009) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (1998) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAT.
Louisville is the record and direct beneficial owner of 77,680,259 shares of common stock of the Issuer (the "Louisville owned shares"), which it acquired on June 12, 2015. B&W is the record and direct beneficial owner of 223,334,019 shares of common stock of the Issuer (the "B&W owned shares" and, together with the Louisville owned shares, the "Shares"). BAT and B&W last filed a Form 4 in relation to their beneficial ownership of the B&W owned shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 29, 2014. Louisville intends to file a Form 3 with the SEC in relation to its direct beneficial ownership of the Louisville owned shares.
Louisville and BATUS Holdings Inc. may be considered to be indirect beneficial owners of the B&W owned shares by virtue of their direct and indirect ownership respectively of all of the equity and voting power of B&W. British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited, B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., Weston (2009) Limited, British American Tobacco (2009) Limited, British American Tobacco (1998) Limited and BAT may be considered to be indirect beneficial owners of the Shares by virtue of their direct and indirect ownership of all of the equity and voting power of Louisville and B&W.
/s/ Nicola Snook, Company Secretary, on behalf of British American Tobacco p.l.c.
2015-06-16
/s/ Timothy Hazlett, Director, on behalf of Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.
2015-06-16