| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC [ RAI ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 06/12/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 06/12/2015 | P | 77,680,259 | A | $60.16 | 301,014,278 | I | See footnotes(1)(2)(3) | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. 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. |
| 2. 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. |
| 3. 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. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Nicola Snook, Company Secretary, on behalf of British American Tobacco p.l.c. | 06/16/2015 | |
| /s/ Timothy Hazlett, Director, on behalf of Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc. | 06/16/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||