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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left"
style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Note 4 — Restructuring
Charges</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;
margin-top: 6pt"><i>2008 Restructuring Charge</i> </div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In
2008, RAI and RJR Tobacco announced changes in their organizational structures
to streamline non-core business processes and programs in order to allocate
additional resources to strategic growth initiatives. The reorganizations
will result in the elimination of approximately 600 full-time jobs, expected
to be substantially completed by December 31, 2009. </div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Under
existing benefit plans, $83 million of severance-related cash benefits
and $7 million of non-cash pension-related benefits comprised a restructuring
charge of $90 million in 2008. Of this charge, $81 million
was recorded in the RJR Tobacco segment. Of the cash portion of the charge,
$23 million was paid as of June 30, 2009. Accordingly, in
the condensed consolidated balance sheet (unaudited) as of June 30,
2009, $41 million was included in other current liabilities, and
$19 million was included in other noncurrent liabilities. The cash
benefits are expected to be substantially paid by December 31, 2010.
</div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The
component of the restructuring charge accrued and utilized was as follows:
</div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt;
text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="88%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td>
</tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td>
<td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Employee</b></td>
<td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt"
valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Severance</b></td>
<td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt"
valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px
solid #000000"><b>and Benefits</b></td> <td> </td>
</tr> <!-- End Table Head --> <!-- Begin Table Body -->
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div
style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Original accrual </div></td>
<td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td
align="right">91</td> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Utilized
in 2008 </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"
align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(12</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"
style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px;
text-indent:-15px">Adjusted in 2008 </div></td> <td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(1</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:
1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"
colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>Balance as
of December 31, 2008</b> </div></td> <td> </td>
<td> </td> <td align="right">78</td> <td> </td>
</tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Utilized in 2009 </div></td>
<td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(18</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px;
text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid
#000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr>
<tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>Balance
as of June 30, 2009</b> </div></td> <td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">60</td>
<td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"
colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td> </tr> <!-- End Table Body -->
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