WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.,
Oct. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) acknowledges that it has
received a non-binding proposal from British American Tobacco
p.l.c. (BAT) to purchase the approximately 58 percent of RAI common
stock that BAT does not currently own.
The RAI board of directors, consistent with their fiduciary
duties, will evaluate the offer from BAT and respond
accordingly.
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and its operating companies. RAI also uses Twitter to publicly
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ABOUT US
Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) is the parent company of R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.;
American Snuff Company, LLC; Niconovum USA, Inc.; Niconovum AB; and R.J. Reynolds
Vapor Company.
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is the second-largest U.S.
tobacco company.
R.J. Reynolds' brands include Newport, Camel and Pall Mall.
- Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. manufactures and markets
Natural American Spirit products.
- American Snuff Company, LLC is the nation's second-largest
manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products. Its leading brands are
Grizzly and Kodiak.
- Niconovum USA, Inc. and
Niconovum AB market innovative nicotine replacement therapy
products in the United States and
Sweden, respectively, under the
ZONNIC brand name.
- R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company is a marketer of digital vapor
cigarettes, manufactured on its behalf by R.J. Reynolds, under the
VUSE brand name in the United
States.
Copies of RAI's news releases, annual reports, SEC filings and
other financial materials, including risk factors containing
forward-looking information, are available at
www.reynoldsamerican.com. To learn more about how Reynolds American
and its operating companies are transforming the tobacco industry,
visit Transforming Tobacco.
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