0001193125-22-265221.txt : 20221019 0001193125-22-265221.hdr.sgml : 20221019 20221019153331 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-22-265221 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20221019 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20221019 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: British American Tobacco p.l.c. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001303523 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38159 FILM NUMBER: 221318564 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG BUSINESS PHONE: 44-207-845-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750736 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39066 FILM NUMBER: 221318566 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: HANDELSWEG 53A CITY: AMSTELVEEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1181 ZA BUSINESS PHONE: 31 020 540 6911 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: HANDELSWEG 53A CITY: AMSTELVEEN STATE: P7 ZIP: 1181 ZA FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T Capital Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750721 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 610986865 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39064 FILM NUMBER: 221318568 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 103 FOULK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19803 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-691-6323 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 103 FOULK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19803 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275283 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 200546644 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32258 FILM NUMBER: 221318565 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 401 NORTH MAIN ST CITY: WINSTON SALEM STATE: NC ZIP: 27102 BUSINESS PHONE: 3367412000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 401 NORTH MAIN ST CITY: WINSTON SALEM STATE: NC ZIP: 27102 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001750625 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CIGARETTES [2111] IRS NUMBER: 980402606 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39065 FILM NUMBER: 221318567 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG BUSINESS PHONE: 44 020 7845 1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GLOBE HOUSE STREET 2: 4 TEMPLE PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 2PG 8-A12B 1 d258702d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

England and Wales   98-0207762
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Globe House

4 Temple Place

London WC2R 2PG

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

(FOR CO-REGISTRANTS, PLEASE SEE “TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS” ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

  

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

7.750% Notes due 2032   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

333-265958

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CO-REGISTRANTS*

 

Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in its Charter		  

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number

  

Address, including Zip

Code of
Registrant’s Principal
Executive Offices

B.A.T Capital Corporation   Delaware   61-0986865  

103 Foulk Road
Suite 120
Wilmington, Delaware 19803

U.S.A.

B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.   England and Wales   98-0402606   Globe House
4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
United Kingdom
B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V.   The Netherlands   Not Applicable   Handelsweg 53A
1181 ZA Amstelveen
The Netherlands
Reynolds American Inc.   North Carolina   20-0546644   401 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina 27101
U.S.A.

 

*

B.A.T Capital Corporation is the issuer of the 7.750% Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) being registered hereunder. The other listed registrants are guarantors of the Notes.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a prospectus supplement dated October 17, 2022 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to a prospectus dated July 1, 2022 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the securities to be registered hereunder included in the registrant’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-265958), which became automatically effective on July 1, 2022.

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The information set forth in (i) the sections captioned “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees Issued Under the 2019 and 2020 Indentures”, “Certain Tax Considerations” (other than the information contained under the heading titled “Additional Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of Newly Issued BATCAP Debt Securities Issued Under the 2017 Indenture”) and “Certain ERISA Considerations” in the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-265958) filed with the Commission on July 1, 2022, and (ii) the sections captioned “Description of the Notes and the Guarantees” and “Book-Entry, Delivery and Form of Securities” in the registrant’s Prospectus Supplement are each incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, the following exhibits are being filed with the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement.

 

4.1    Indenture, dated as of September  6, 2019, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, authentication agent, transfer agent, registrar, calculation agent and initial paying agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 6, 2019).
4.2    Supplemental Indenture No. 15, dated as of October  19, 2022, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on October 19, 2022).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

    BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.
Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ T. Marroco
      Name: T. Marroco
      Title:   Finance and Transformation Director

 

    B.A.T CAPITAL CORPORATION
Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ T. Derr
      Name: T. Derr
      Title:   Secretary

 

    B.A.T. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE P.L.C.
Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ N. Wadey
      Name: N. Wadey
      Title:   Director

 

    B.A.T. NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V.
Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ JEP Bollen
      Name: JEP Bollen
      Title:   Director

 

Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ HMJ Lina
      Name: HMJ Lina
      Title:   Director
   

REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC.

Date: October 19, 2022     By:   /s/ Anthony B. Petitt
      Name: Anthony B. Petitt
      Title:   Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

4.1

Indenture, dated as of September 6, 2019, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, authentication agent, transfer agent, registrar, calculation agent and initial paying agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on September 6, 2019).

 

4.2

Supplemental Indenture No. 15, dated as of October 19, 2022, by and among B.A.T Capital Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed by British American Tobacco p.l.c. on October 19, 2022).