SEC Form 4 · accession 0001140361-15-024378
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC · RAI
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Period of report
Jun 12, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Jun 16, 2015 · 12:54 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001275283
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common StockF1,F2,F3 | Jun 12, 2015 | P | 77,680,259 | $60.16 | A | 301,014,278 | I | See footnotes |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1This 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.
- F2Louisville 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.
- F3Louisville 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.