Edgar Filing: REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC [RAI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

GLOBE HOUSE, 4 TEMPLE PLACE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/12/2015

(Street)

LONDON, X0 WC2R 2PG

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

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)

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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
British American Tobacco p.l.c. GLOBE HOUSE 4 TEMPLE PLACE LONDON, X0 WC2R 2PG		X
Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc. 103 FOULK ROAD, SUITE 117 WILMINGTON, DE 19803		X

Signatures

/s/ Nicola Snook, Company Secretary, on behalf of British American Tobacco p.l.c.		06/16/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Timothy Hazlett, Director, on behalf of Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.		06/16/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(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.

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