Reynolds American Inc.

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Reynolds American inc. (RAI) is the parent company of tobacco company R. J. Reynolds. It is owned by British American Tobacco (BAT).

Background

BAT bought RAI in 2017.¹²

BAT owned 42.2% of RAI shares from 2004 to 2017.² In January 2017, BAT announced that it had agreed to acquire the remaining 57.8% stake.³ This acquisition was completed by July 2017. ¹²

When BAT bought RAI it inherited Vuse e-cigarettes.¹

For details see E-Cigarettes: British American Tobacco

Reynolds also sold its blu e-cigarettes and some of its cigarette brands to Imperial Tobacco (now Imperial Brands).

For details see E-Cigarettes: Imperial Brands and R. J. Reynolds

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References

↑^a^b^cBritish American Tobacco, BAT completes Acquisition of Reynolds, 25 July 2017, accessed October 2019
↑^a^b^cBritish American Tobacco, Our history – a time-line, undated, accessed February 2023
↑British American Tobacco, BAT announces agreement to acquire Reynolds, News release 17 January 2017, accessed November 2020