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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC | d39916dex991.htm |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 7, 2015
Reynolds American Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| North Carolina | 1-32258 | 20-0546644 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
| of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
401 North Main Street,
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 336-741-2000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 7, 2015, Richard E. Thornburgh notified Reynolds American Inc., referred to as RAI, that he is resigning from RAI’s Board of Directors, referred to as the Board, and the Board’s Audit and Finance Committee, effective immediately. A copy of the press release announcing such resignation is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Number |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Reynolds American Inc., dated December 11, 2015. | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ McDara P. Folan, III | |||
| Name: | McDara P. Folan, III | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary | |||
Date: December 11, 2015
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Number |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Reynolds American Inc., dated December 11, 2015. | |