0000950157-20-001211.txt : 20201001 0000950157-20-001211.hdr.sgml : 20201001 20201001135937 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950157-20-001211 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: British American Tobacco p.l.c. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303523 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38159 FILM NUMBER: 201215388 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 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275283 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 200546644 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32258 FILM NUMBER: 201215387 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 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T Capital Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750721 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 610986865 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39064 FILM NUMBER: 201215384 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 103 FOULK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19803 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-691-6323 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 103 FOULK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19803 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750625 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 980402606 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39065 FILM NUMBER: 201215385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG BUSINESS PHONE: 44 020 7845 1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750736 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39066 FILM NUMBER: 201215386 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: HANDELSWEG 53A CITY: AMSTELVEEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1181 ZA BUSINESS PHONE: 31 020 540 6911 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: HANDELSWEG 53A CITY: AMSTELVEEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1181 ZA 8-A12B 1 form8-a12b.htm



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

British American Tobacco p.l.c.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

England and Wales
  
98-0207762
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Globe House
4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

(FOR CO-REGISTRANTS, PLEASE SEE “TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS” ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
to be so registered
  
Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered
2.259% Notes due 2028
  
New York Stock Exchange
2.726% Notes due 2031
  
New York Stock Exchange
3.734% Notes due 2040
  
New York Stock Exchange
3.984% Notes due 2050
  
New York Stock Exchange
1.668% Notes due 2026
  
New York Stock Exchange


If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-232691

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.





TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS*

Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in its Charter
  
State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
  
I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number
  
Address, including Zip Code of
Registrant’s Principal
Executive Offices
B.A.T Capital Corporation
  
Delaware
  
61-0986865
  
103 Foulk Road
Suite 120
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
U.S.A.
             
B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.
  
England and Wales
  
98-0402606
  
Globe House
4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
United Kingdom
             
B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V.
  
The Netherlands
  
Not Applicable
  
Handelsweg 53A
1181 ZA Amstelveen
The Netherlands
             
Reynolds American Inc.
  
North Carolina
  
20-0546644
  
401 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina 27101
U.S.A.


*          B.A.T Capital Corporation is the issuer of the 2.259% Notes due 2028, the 2.726% Notes due 2031, the 3.734% Notes due 2040 and the 3.984% Notes due 2050 (collectively the “BATCAP Notes”) being registered hereunder. B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c. is the issuer of the 1.668% Notes due 2026 (the “BATIF Notes” and, together with the BATCAP Notes, the “Notes”) being registered hereunder. The other listed registrants are guarantors of the Notes. In addition, the BATCAP Notes are also guaranteed by B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c. and the BATIF Notes are also guaranteed by B.A.T Capital Corporation.




INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a prospectus supplement dated September 22, 2020 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to a prospectus dated March 27, 2020 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the securities to be registered hereunder included in the registrant’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-232691), which became automatically effective on July 17, 2019, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, which became automatically effective on March 27, 2020.

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The information set forth in (i) the sections captioned “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees Issued Under the 2019 Indentures”, “Certain Tax Considerations” (other than the information contained under the heading titled “Additional Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of Newly Issued BATCAP Debt Securities Issued Under the 2017 Indenture”) and “Certain ERISA Considerations” in the registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-232691) filed with the Commission on March 27, 2020, and (ii) the sections captioned “Description of the BATCAP Notes and the BATCAP Guarantees”, “Description of the BATIF Notes and the BATIF Guarantees” and “Book-Entry, Delivery and Form of Securities” in the registrant’s Prospectus Supplement are each incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, the following exhibits are being filed with the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement.

   
   
   
   
   
   




SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


 
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.
  
         
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ T. Marroco
  
   
Name:
T. Marroco
  
   
Title:
Director
  
         

 
B.A.T CAPITAL CORPORATION
  
         
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ Caroline M. Price
  
   
Name:
Caroline M. Price
  
   
Title:
Director
  
         
         
 
B.A.T. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE P.L.C.
  
         
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ N. Wadey
  
   
Name:
N. Wadey
  
   
Title:
Director
  
         

 
B.A.T. NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V.
  
         
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ JEP Bollen
 
   
Name:
JEP Bollen
  
   
Title:
Director
  
         
       
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ HMJ Lina
  
   
Name:
HMJ Lina
  
   
Title:
Director
  
     
     
 
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC.
  
         
Date: October 1, 2020
By:
/s/ John R. Whitener
  
   
Name:
John R. Whitener
  
   
Title:
SVP Controller - Finance & Accounting and Treasurer
  
         




EXHIBIT INDEX

4.1
Indenture, dated as of September 6, 2019, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, authentication agent, transfer agent, registrar, calculation agent and initial paying agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 6, 2019).
   
4.2
Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c., the Guarantors party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, authentication agent, transfer agent, registrar, calculation agent and initial paying agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).
   
4.3
Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).
   
4.4
Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).
   
4.5
Supplemental Indenture No. 10, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).
   
4.6
Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).
   
4.7
Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of September 25, 2020, by and among B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 25, 2020).