0001140361-15-024378.txt : 20150616 0001140361-15-024378.hdr.sgml : 20150616 20150616125403 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 4 1 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