UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

 

Commission file number: 1-32258

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plans and the address of the plans, if different from that of the issuer named below:

RAI 401k Savings Plan

Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plans and the address of its principal executive office:

Reynolds American Inc.

401 North Main Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

 

 

 


REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

  1. Not applicable.

 

  2. Not applicable.

 

  3. Not applicable.

 

  4. The RAI 401k Savings Plan and the Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan are subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to as ERISA. A copy of the most recent audited financial statements and supplemental schedules, as required, of the RAI 401k Savings Plan and the Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan, prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this report.

 

Exhibits:     
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP.
99.1    Audited financial statements and supplemental schedule of the RAI 401k Savings Plan for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
99.2    Audited financial statements and supplemental schedule of the Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.


SIGNATURE

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plans) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

RAI 401k Savings Plan
Date: June 19, 2015

/s/ Constantine E. Tsipis

Constantine E. Tsipis
Secretary, RAI Employee Benefits Committee
Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan
Date: June 19, 2015

/s/ Constantine E. Tsipis

Constantine E. Tsipis
Secretary, RAI Employee Benefits Committee


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibits     
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP.
99.1    Audited financial statements and supplemental schedule of the RAI 401k Savings Plan for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
99.2    Audited financial statements and supplemental schedule of the Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.


Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Reynolds American Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-186618, 333-117813, 333-117814, and 333-159009) on Form S-8 of Reynolds American Inc. of our reports dated June 19, 2015, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of RAI 401k Savings Plan and Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the supplemental schedules of Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014, which reports appear in the December 31, 2014 annual report for Form 11-K of RAI 401k Savings Plan and Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

June 19, 2015



Exhibit 99.1

RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2014 and 2013

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Table of Contents

 

     Pages(s)  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

     2   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4–18   

Supplemental Schedule – Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014

     19–23   

 

Note: Supplemental schedules, other than the one listed above, are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required by Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosures under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

RAI Employee Benefits Committee of RAI 401k Savings Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of RAI 401k Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s 2014 financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014 is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2014 financial statements as a whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

June 19, 2015


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     2014     2013  

Assets:

    

Investments, at fair value:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 11,683,816     $ 11,107,473  

Reynolds Stock Fund

     269,268,407       198,145,952  

Equity (common and preferred stock)

     28,020,108       24,723,566  

Mutual funds

     541,364,704       532,500,082  

Common/collective trust funds

     474,914,652       468,138,066  

Investment contracts with insurance companies

     350,842,194       380,197,082  

Other

     3,354       23,748  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

  1,676,097,235     1,614,835,969  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Receivables:

Employer contributions

  1,214,709     394,380  

Due from broker for securities sold

  1,473,131     1,179,340  

Interest and dividends

  2,698,378     2,385,249  

Notes receivable from participants

  13,244,022     13,388,971  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables

  18,630,240     17,347,940  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  1,694,727,475     1,632,183,909  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

Accrued administrative expenses

  252,664     385,838  

Due to broker for securities purchased

  5,001,980     6,107,584  

Payable for securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis

  1,433,250     1,736,729  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  6,687,894     8,230,151  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits before adjustment for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

  1,688,039,581     1,623,953,758  

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

  (887,532 )   1,615,772  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

$ 1,687,152,049   $ 1,625,569,530  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     2014      2013  

Additions:

     

Investment income:

     

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $ 103,423,625      $ 179,192,694  

Interest and dividends

     33,309,349        35,766,851  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

  136,732,974     214,959,545  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

  554,258     575,499  

Contributions:

Employer contributions

  37,054,933     33,941,005  

Participant contributions

  39,716,321     35,842,417  

Participant rollover contributions

  2,090,887     878,822  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total contributions

  78,862,141     70,662,244  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total additions

  216,149,373     286,197,288  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deductions:

Benefits paid to participants

  153,744,875     166,245,617  

Administrative expenses

  821,979     966,859  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deductions

  154,566,854     167,212,476  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits

  61,582,519     118,984,812  

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year

  1,625,569,530     1,506,584,718  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits at end of year

$ 1,687,152,049   $ 1,625,569,530  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

3


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(1) Plan Description

The following brief description of the RAI 401k Savings Plan, referred to as the Plan, is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the plan document for more complete information.

 

  (a) General

The Plan is a voluntary defined contribution retirement plan for eligible employees of Reynolds American Inc., referred to as RAI or the Company, and participating subsidiaries: RAI Services Company, RAI International, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Reynolds Innovations Inc., Reynolds Finance Company, R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, Niconovum USA, Inc., Kentucky BioProcessing, Inc., Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., referred to as Santa Fe, and American Snuff Company, LLC, referred to as ASC. All eligible employees become participants unless they elect not to participate. Kentucky BioProcesing, Inc. was a participating company effective January 1, 2014. RAI is the Plan Sponsor. The RAI Employee Benefits Committee controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., referred to as Fidelity Operations or Recordkeeper, serves as the recordkeeper for the Plan. Fidelity Management Trust Company, referred to as Fidelity or Trustee, serves as the Plan’s trustee. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to as ERISA.

 

  (b) Contributions

Participant Contributions

Each year, participants may make pre-tax and/or Roth 401(k) contributions to the Plan of up to 50% of their compensation, as defined in the Plan document. The first 6% of such pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, referred to as match-eligible contributions, are eligible for employer matching contributions as set forth below. In addition, participants may make after-tax contributions to the Plan of up to 50% of their compensation, either in lieu of or in combination with pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, provided that the combined percentage of compensation for pre-tax, Roth and after-tax contributions is a minimum of 1% and a maximum of 50% of compensation and shall not exceed the participant’s after-tax compensation. Upon an employee’s initial hire date, he or she is automatically enrolled in the Plan with pre-tax contributions equal to 6% of compensation. A participant may elect a different contribution percentage (including 0%) at any time.

Employer Contributions

With respect to RAI Employees, as defined in the Plan document, the appropriate participating companies make matching contributions of 50% of a participant’s match-eligible contributions with respect to participants who are accruing a benefit under a defined benefit plan sponsored by RAI, and 100% of a participant’s match-eligible contributions with respect to participants who are not accruing a benefit under a defined benefit plan sponsored by RAI. In addition, the appropriate participating companies make retirement enhancement contributions to accounts of eligible RAI Employees equal to 3% to 9% of such participants’ eligible compensation, depending on the eligible participant’s hire date, age and years of service as of January 1, 2006.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

With respect to ASC Employees, as defined in the Plan document, ASC makes matching contributions of 100% of a participant’s match-eligible contributions. In addition, ASC makes retirement enhancement contributions to accounts of eligible ASC Employees equal to 3% or 6% of each such participant’s eligible compensation, depending on the eligible participant’s hire or transfer date.

With respect to Santa Fe Employees, as defined in the Plan document, Santa Fe makes matching contributions of 100% of a participant’s match-eligible contributions. In addition, Santa Fe makes retirement enhancement contributions to accounts of eligible Santa Fe Employees equal to 3% of each such participant’s eligible compensation.

 

  (c) Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and allocations of the Company or participating subsidiaries’ contributions and Plan earnings, and charged with the participant’s withdrawals, Plan losses and an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant contributions, account balances, or compensation, as defined in the Plan document. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

  (d) Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions and actual earnings thereon. Vesting in employer contributions and earnings thereon made to a participant’s account occurs upon the earlier of the completion of 24 months of service with the Company and its participating subsidiaries or upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the Plan document.

 

  (e) Investment Options

Plan investments are participant directed. Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct contributions in 1% increments or in fractional increments in any of 22 investment fund options, or in a self-directed brokerage account managed by Fidelity. Participants may change or transfer their investment options at any time via telephone or a secure internet website.

 

  (f) Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of the lesser of 50% of their vested account balance, reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance during the preceding 12 months, or $50,000, and limited by certain restrictions in the Plan document. Generally, loan terms shall not be for more than five years, except that certain loans transferred shall continue in effect until paid off or defaulted under the terms of the loan instruments. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with prevailing rates as determined by the Plan administrator. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions. Participants may continue to make loan repayments via electronic funds transfer in order to prevent a default following termination of employment.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

  (g) Payment of Benefits

Upon termination of service, a participant is entitled to receive a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in their account, or, if elected by the participant, monthly installments calculated in accordance with rules set forth in the Plan. Partial lump sum distributions are also available after termination of service.

 

  (h) Expenses

Expenses relating to the purchase or sale of investments are included in the cost or deducted from the proceeds, respectively. Direct charges and expenses, including investment manager fees attributable to specific investment funds, may be charged against that investment fund. Administrative expenses such as trustee, auditor, general Plan recordkeeping and Internal Revenue Service user fees may be paid directly from the Plan and are allocated to participant accounts.

 

  (i) Forfeitures

Forfeitures are used to reduce future employer contributions. Certain forfeitures may be restored if the participant is reemployed before accruing five consecutive break-in-service years, as defined in the Plan document. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, employer contributions were reduced by $390,000 and $344,000, respectively, by forfeited nonvested accounts. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $64,231 and $41,751, respectively.

 

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

  (a) Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

  (b) Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments are valued at fair value. See note 4 for discussion of fair value measurement. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Plan has entered into a pooled separate account and various fully benefit-responsive investment contracts with investment and insurance companies, which maintain the contributions in general accounts. The accounts are credited with earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The statement of net assets available for benefits presents the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

The contracts are included in the financial statements at contract value after adjustments from fair value. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The average yield was 1.00% and 0.87% for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The contract rates ranged from 0.19% to 1.97% and 0.18% to 2.07% at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The crediting interest rate is based on a formula agreed upon with the issuer, but may not be less than certain percentages.

Certain events limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the insurance company and the financial institution issuer. Such events include the following: (i) amendments to the plan documents, including complete or partial Plan termination or merger with another plan; (ii) changes to the Plan’s prohibition on competing investment options or deletion of equity wash provisions; (iii) bankruptcy of the Plan Sponsor or other Plan Sponsor events, e.g., divestitures or spin-offs of a subsidiary, which cause a significant withdrawal from the Plan or (iv) the failure of the Plan to qualify for exemption from federal income taxes or any required prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA. The Plan administrator does not believe that the occurrence of any such event, which would limit the Plan’s ability to transact at contract value with participants, is probable.

The guaranteed investment contract does not permit the insurance company to terminate the agreement prior to the scheduled maturity date.

The following tables present the Plan’s investment contracts with insurance companies as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

     Major
credit ratings
   Investments
at fair value
     Adjustment
to contract
value
     Investments
at contract
value
 

December 31, 2014:

           

Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts:

           

Prudential Ins. Co. of America

   A1/AA-    $ 44,643,952      $ (192,725    $ 44,451,227  

Voya Ins. And Annuity Co.

   A3/A-      10,053,254        (14,092      10,039,162  

American General Life Ins. Co.

   A2/A+      10,053,254        (16,579      10,036,675  

Voya Ins. And Annuity Co.

   A3/A-      109,255,055        (153,145      109,101,910  

Prudential Ins. Co. of America

   A1/AA-      82,310,745        (355,330      81,955,415  

American General Life Ins. Co.

   A2/A+      94,525,934        (155,661      94,370,273  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment contracts with insurance companies

$ 350,842,194   $ (887,532 $ 349,954,662  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Major
credit ratings
   Investments
at fair value
     Adjustment
to contract
value
     Investments
at contract
value
 

December 31, 2013:

           

Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts:

           

Prudential Ins. Co. of America

   A1/AA-    $ 89,673,675      $ 788,670      $ 90,462,345  

ING Life Ins. and Annuity Co.

   A3/A-      107,695,911        200,600        107,896,511  

Prudential Ins. Co. of America

   A1/AA-      90,988,047        800,230        91,788,277  

American General Life Ins. Co.

   A2/A+      61,012,989        (59,805      60,953,184  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  349,370,622     1,729,695     351,100,317  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Guaranteed investment contracts:

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Aa3/AA-   10,316,281     (51,221   10,265,060  

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Aa3/AA-   6,076,418     —       6,076,418  

New York Life Ins. Co.

Aaa/AA+   3,064,710     (40,009   3,024,701  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  19,457,409     (91,230   19,366,179  

Pooled separate account:

BNP Income Plus Fund

  11,369,051     (22,693   11,346,358  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment contracts with insurance companies

$ 380,197,082   $ 1,615,772   $ 381,812,854  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (c) Valuation of Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants are valued at amortized cost plus accrued interest.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Plan utilizes various investment instruments. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. The funds held by the Plan invest in securities with contractual cash flows, such as asset backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and commercial mortgage backed securities, including securities backed by subprime mortgage loans. The value, liquidity and related income of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including real estate value, delinquencies or defaults, or both, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perceptions of the issuers and changes in interest rates. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

  (e) Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

  (f) Securities Purchased on a Forward-Commitment Basis

Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the portfolios underlying the security-backed contracts of the Interest Income Fund on a when-issued or other forward-commitment basis can take place a month or more after the transaction date. During this period, these securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation, and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued or other forward-commitment basis may increase the volatility of the portfolios underlying the security-backed contracts if such purchases are made while remaining substantially fully invested.

 

(3) Investments

The following table presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. Except for the Interest Income Fund, which is shown at contract value, all the funds are shown at fair value.

 

     2014      2013  

Reynolds Stock Fund (4,108,430 and 3,897,293 shares, respectively)

   $ 269,268,407      $ 198,145,952  

Vanguard Total Stock (5,420,621 and 5,570,573 shares, respectively)

     253,630,874        235,746,654  

Interest Income Fund (3,960,095 and 4,513,220 units, respectively) (Fair value of $403,589,631* and $453,768,108* as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)

     402,702,099        455,383,880  

Intech Large Capital Growth (28,413,128 and 30,421,529 shares, respectively)

     85,084,452        82,899,986  

 

  * The fair value of the Interest Income Fund is presented net of the receivable and payable. The receivable represents the pending trades for securities sold of $950,180 and $796,358 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The payable represents the securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis of $1,433,250 and $1,736,729 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The Interest Income Fund is an investment option for participants that is a stable value fund comprised of guaranteed investment contracts, synthetic guaranteed investment contracts, a pooled separate account with an insurance company, collective trust funds and cash and cash equivalents, which are separately disclosed on the statement of net assets available for benefits. The Reynolds Stock Fund consists primarily of shares of Reynolds American Inc. common stock. See note 4 for additional discussion regarding the Reynolds Stock Fund and detail of the investments in the Reynolds Stock Fund.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

The Plan’s investments, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year appreciated in value as follows:

 

     Years ended December 31  
     2014      2013  

Reynolds Stock Fund

   $ 55,088,901      $ 31,125,518  

Equity (common and preferred stock)

     228,901        4,550,863  

Mutual funds

     19,544,445        82,816,429  

Common/collective trust funds

     25,199,426        56,717,399  

Investment contracts with insurance companies

     3,342,105        3,982,120  

Other

     19,847        365  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

$ 103,423,625   $ 179,192,694  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(4) Fair Value Measurement

The fair value of assets and liabilities is determined by using a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity, and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, essentially an exit price.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

 

  Level 1 – Inputs are quoted prices, unadjusted, in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

  Level 2 – Inputs are other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. A Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

  Level 3 – Inputs are unobservable and reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds:

           

Foreign equities

   $ 62,252,309      $ —        $ —        $ 62,252,309  

Diversified domestic equities

     253,630,874        —          —          253,630,874  

Intermediate-term bonds

     56,828,392        —          —          56,828,392  

Inflation indexed bonds

     8,865,246        —          —          8,865,246  

Large-cap value

     63,014,618        —          —          63,014,618  

Small-cap value

     40,672,409        —          —          40,672,409  

Mid-cap growth

     45,680,903        —          —          45,680,903  

Other

     10,419,953        —          —          10,419,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total mutual funds

  541,364,704     —       —       541,364,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Money market funds

  11,269,697     —       —       11,269,697  

Equities:

U.S. domestically traded equities

  28,020,108     —       —       28,020,108  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equities

  28,020,108     —       —       28,020,108  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

  414,119     —       —       414,119  

Common/collective trust funds:

Foreign equities

  —       10,537,089     —       10,537,089  

Large-cap growth

  —       85,084,452     —       85,084,452  

Short-term investment fund

  —       53,230,507     —       53,230,507  

Target date funds

  —       326,062,604     —       326,062,604  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common/collective trust funds

  —       474,914,652     —       474,914,652  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reynolds Stock Fund:

RAI Common Stock

  264,049,152     —       —       264,049,152  

Fidelity money market fund

  5,219,255     —       —       5,219,255  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Reynolds Stock Fund

  269,268,407     —       —       269,268,407  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic investment contracts:

Fixed income fund

  —       64,750,460     —       64,750,460  

Corporate securities

  —       48,119,964     —       48,119,964  

Government related securities

  —       72,639,593     —       72,639,593  

Other asset backed securities

  —       76,771,903     —       76,771,903  

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

  —       20,943,124     —       20,943,124  

 

11 (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Residential mortgage-backed securities

   $ —        $ 63,626,829      $ —        $ 63,626,829  

Short-term investment fund

     —          3,990,321        —          3,990,321  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total synthetic investment contracts

  —       350,842,194     —       350,842,194  

Other

  —       3,354     —       3,354  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

$ 850,337,035   $ 825,760,200   $ —     $ 1,676,097,235   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

12 (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2013  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds:

           

Foreign equities

   $ 66,000,738      $ —        $ —        $ 66,000,738  

Diversified domestic equities

     235,746,654        —          —          235,746,654  

Intermediate-term bonds

     59,065,447        —          —          59,065,447  

Inflation indexed bonds

     9,141,970        —          —          9,141,970  

Large-cap value

     60,440,640        —          —          60,440,640  

Small-cap value

     48,062,756        —          —          48,062,756  

Mid-cap growth

     43,089,226        —          —          43,089,226  

Other

     10,952,651        —          —          10,952,651  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total mutual funds

  532,500,082     —       —       532,500,082  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Money market funds

  10,696,039     —       —       10,696,039  

Equities:

U.S. domestically traded equities

  24,723,566     —       —       24,723,566  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equities

  24,723,566     —       —       24,723,566  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

  411,434     —       —       411,434  

Common/collective trust funds:

Foreign equities

  —       11,671,800     —       11,671,800  

Large-cap growth

  —       82,899,986     —       82,899,986  

Short-term investment fund

  —       74,511,397     —       74,511,397  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2013  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Target date funds

   $ —        $ 299,054,883      $ —        $ 299,054,883  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common/collective trust funds

  —       468,138,066     —       468,138,066  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reynolds Stock Fund:

RAI Common Stock

  194,825,877     —       —       194,825,877  

Fidelity money market fund

  3,320,075     —       —       3,320,075  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Reynolds Stock Fund

  198,145,952     —       —       198,145,952  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic investment contracts:

Fixed income fund

  —       89,673,675     —       89,673,675  

Corporate securities

  —       45,776,856     —       45,776,856  

Government related securities

  —       39,651,622     —       39,651,622  

Other asset backed securities

  —       61,107,292     —       61,107,292  

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

  —       22,811,159     —       22,811,159  

Residential mortgage-backed securities

  —       57,900,255     —       57,900,255  

Short-term investment fund

  —       32,449,763     —       32,449,763  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total synthetic investment contracts

  —       349,370,622     —       349,370,622  

Pooled separate account

  —       11,369,051     —       11,369,051  

Guaranteed investment contracts

  —       19,457,409     —       19,457,409  

Other

  —       23,748     —       23,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

$ 766,477,073   $ 848,358,896   $ —     $ 1,614,835,969   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value:

Money market funds, equities and mutual funds – Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.

Common/collective trust funds – These funds are valued using the net asset value, referred to as NAV, as a practical expedient, provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, less its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active. The Plan has the ability to redeem its investments in the funds at the NAV at the valuation date. There are no significant restrictions, redemption terms, or holding periods which would limit the ability of the Plan or the participants to transact at the NAV.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

Reynolds Stock Fund – The fair value of the Reynolds Stock Fund is based on the combined year end closing price of Reynolds American Inc. common stock and monies held in a Fidelity money market fund used to meet daily liquidity needs. Both securities are valued based on the quoted market price of shares trading in active markets held by the Plan at year end. The Reynolds Stock Fund is tracked on a unitized basis, which allows for daily settling of trades by participants.

Pooled separate account – Valued using the NAV provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, less its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The net asset value of the unit class held in the pooled separate account is determined on a daily basis. Units can be issued and redeemed on any business day at that day’s unit value. The class of units held in the pooled separate account maintains a constant NAV.

Synthetic investment contracts – Synthetic investment contracts consists of a fixed income common/collective trust fund, a short-term investment common/collective trust fund and individual fixed income securities whose value is guaranteed by wrapper contracts issued by high quality financial institutions. The common/collective trusts are valued using the net asset value (assets owned by the fund, less its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding). The net asset value is a quoted price in a market that is not active. The individual fixed income securities are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the securities are traded. The wrapper contracts are valued based on the difference between the current wrapper fee and a re-bid provided by the financial institution that issued the contract, utilizing the current market discount rate, both of which are observable inputs. The value of the wrapper contracts was $0 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Guaranteed investment contracts – Guaranteed investment contracts are valued at fair value utilizing the present value of future cash flows and the current market discount rate, both of which are observable inputs.

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no transfers of assets into or out of Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy described above.

 

(5) Related Party Transactions

Certain investments, within the Fidelity Brokeragelink and Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund, are managed by Fidelity and, therefore, those transactions qualified as party-in-interest transactions. Administrative fees paid to Fidelity for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $323,898 and $563,906, respectively.

The Reynolds Stock Fund (Fund) is provided as an investment option for participants in the Plan. As RAI is the Plan Sponsor, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fund dividends for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $10,642,730 and $9,279,612, respectively. The Fund held 4,108,430 shares at $64.27 per share as of December 31, 2014 and 3,897,293 shares at $49.99 per share as of December 31, 2013.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(6) Income Tax Status

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter dated December 16, 2013, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan’s design was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has been amended since receiving this determination letter. The Company believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, and the Plan and related trust continue to be tax exempt. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2014, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2011.

 

(7) Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the RAI Employee Benefits Committee has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of the Plan’s termination, the Plan provides that the net assets are to be distributed to participating employees in amounts equal to their respective interests in such assets.

 

(8) Contingency

In May 2002, in Tatum v. The R.J.R. Pension Investment Committee of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Capital Investment Plan, an employee of RJR Tobacco filed a class-action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleging that the defendants, RJR, RJR Tobacco, the RJR Employee Benefits Committee and the RJR Pension Investment Committee, violated ERISA. The actions about which the plaintiff complains stem from a decision made in 1999 by RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp., subsequently renamed Nabisco Group Holdings Corp., referred to as NGH, to spin off RJR, thereby separating NGH’s tobacco business and food business. As part of the spin-off, the 401(k) plan for the previously related entities had to be divided into two separate plans for the now separate tobacco and food businesses. The plaintiff contends that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to participants of the RJR 401(k) plan when the defendants removed the stock funds of the companies involved in the food business, NGH and Nabisco Holdings Corp., referred to as Nabisco, as investment options from the RJR 401(k) plan approximately six months after the spin-off. The plaintiff asserts that a November 1999 amendment (the 1999 Amendment) that eliminated the NGH and Nabisco funds from the RJR 401(k) plan on January 31, 2000, contained sufficient discretion for the defendants to have retained the NGH and Nabisco funds after January 31, 2000, and that the failure to exercise such discretion was a breach of fiduciary duty. In his complaint, the plaintiff requests, among other things, that the court require the defendants to pay as damages to the RJR 401(k) plan an amount equal to the subsequent appreciation that was purportedly lost as a result of the liquidation of the NGH and Nabisco funds.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

In July 2002, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the court granted in December 2003. In December 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of the complaint, holding that the 1999 Amendment did contain sufficient discretion for the defendants to have retained the NGH and Nabisco funds as of February 1, 2000, and remanded the case for further proceedings. The court granted the plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint and denied all pending motions as moot. In April 2007, the defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint. The court granted the motion in part and denied it in part, dismissing all claims against the RJR Employee Benefits Committee and the RJR Pension Investment Committee. The remaining defendants, RJR and RJR Tobacco, filed their answer and affirmative defenses in June 2007. The plaintiff filed a motion for class certification, which the court granted in September 2008. The district court ordered mediation, but no resolution of the case was reached. In September 2008, each of the plaintiffs and the defendants filed motions for summary judgment, and in January 2009, the defendants filed a motion to decertify the class. A second mediation occurred in June 2009, but again no resolution of the case was reached. The district court overruled the motions for summary judgment and the motion to decertify the class.

A nonjury trial was held in January and February 2010. During closing arguments, the plaintiff argued for the first time that certain facts arising at trial showed that the 1999 Amendment was not validly adopted, and then moved to amend his complaint to conform to this evidence at trial. On June 1, 2011, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint and found that the 1999 Amendment was invalid.

The parties filed their findings of fact and conclusions of law on February 4, 2011. On February 25, 2013, the district court dismissed the case with prejudice. On March 8, 2013, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. On August 4, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, referred to as Fourth Circuit, reversed, holding that the district court applied the wrong standard when it held that the defendants did not cause any loss to the plan and remanded the case back to the district court to apply the correct standard. On September 2, 2014, the Fourth Circuit denied the defendants’ request for rehearing en banc. The mandate from the Fourth Circuit was issued on October 1, 2014. On November 19, 2014, the district court held a hearing and ordered briefing on various issues that remain pending on remand, with briefs due on various dates in January and February 2015. On December 1, 2014, the defendants filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, and briefing on the defendants’ petition has been completed. On March 9, 2015, the Supreme Court invited the U.S. Solicitor General to express the views of the United States with respect to the defendants’ petition, and the U.S. Solicitor General filed his invitation brief on May 26, 2015. On June 9, 2015, the defendants filed their response brief to the U.S. Solicitor General’s brief. The defendants’ petition will be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2015.

 

17 (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(9) Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     December 31  
     2014      2013  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 1,687,152,049      $ 1,625,569,530  

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     887,532        (1,615,772 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

$ 1,688,039,581   $ 1,623,953,758  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of investment income per the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 to the Form 5500:

 

     2014      2013  

Total investment income per the financial statements

   $ 136,732,974      $ 214,959,545  

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     887,532        (1,615,772 )

Prior year adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     1,615,772        (3,843,628 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income per the Form 5500

$ 139,236,278   $ 209,500,145  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(10) Subsequent Event

Plan management has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through the date at which the financial statements were issued, and determined there are no other items to disclose.

 

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RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue

   Maturity      Cost**    Par value or
number of
units
     Current value  

Unitized Company Stock Fund:

           

* Reynolds Stock Fund-RAI Common Stock

           4,108,430      $ 264,049,152  

Mutual funds:

           

Vanguard Total Stock Fund

           5,420,621        253,630,874  

Dodge and Cox International Stock

           700,787        29,510,149  

Vanguard Total International Stock IS

           314,889        32,742,161  

PIMCO Total Return Fund

           4,493,047        47,895,878  

Invesco Growth & Income R5

           2,371,645        63,014,618  

TCM Small Mid Cap Growth

           2,883,895        45,680,903  

PIMCO Real Return Inst

           811,836        8,865,246  

WM Blair Small CP Val I

           2,238,437        40,672,409  

Vanguard Total BD Market Inst

           821,758        8,932,514  

* Brokeragelink External Fund

           444,203        7,138,849  

* Brokeragelink Unit

           84,146        1,031,742  

* Brokeragelink Fidelity Fund

           94,454        2,249,361  
           

 

 

 

Total mutual funds

  541,364,704  
           

 

 

 

Cash management accounts:

Money market fund:

* Brokeragelink Money Market Fund

  11,237,734     11,237,734  

* Reynolds Stock Fund-Fidelity Money Market Fund

  5,219,255     5,219,255  

* Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund

  31,963     31,963  
           

 

 

 

Total money market funds

  16,488,952  

* Brokeragelink Certificate of Deposit

  413,000     414,119  
           

 

 

 

Total cash management accounts

  16,903,071  
           

 

 

 

Common and preferred stock:

* Brokeragelink Common and Preferred Stock

  151,242,017     28,020,108  

Common/collective investment trusts:

BTC Lifepath Index Retire

  3,939,550     55,263,215  

BTC Lifepath Index 2020

  4,291,842     58,201,235  

BTC Lifepath Index 2025

  4,471,855     60,893,703  

BTC Lifepath Index 2030

  3,009,406     40,926,422  

BTC Lifepath Index 2035

  2,160,067     29,327,233  

BTC Lifepath Index 2040

  1,991,864     26,977,013  

BTC Lifepath Index 2045

  1,993,678     26,916,843  

BTC Lifepath Index 2050

  1,589,337     21,719,249  

BTC Lifepath Index 2055

  356,698     5,837,691  

Capital Guardian International Fund

  193,058     10,537,089  

Intech Large Capital Growth

  28,413,128     85,084,452  

Wells Fargo Short-term Investment Fund S (Interest Income Fund)

  53,230,507     53,230,507  
           

 

 

 

Total common/collective investment trusts

  474,914,652  
           

 

 

 

Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (Interest Income Fund):

Prudential Insurance Company of America, 1.51%

Wells Fargo Fixed Income Fund M

  43,317,874     44,643,952  

Voya Ins. And Annuity Co., 1.23%

Wells Fargo Fixed Income Fund L

  10,010,000     10,053,254  

American General Life Ins. Co. 1.35%

Wells Fargo Fixed Income Fund L

  10,010,000     10,053,254  

Voya Ins. And Annuity Co., Contract #60384, 1.23%

Prudential Insurance Company of America, Contract #GA-63102, 1.51%

American General Life Ins. Co., Contract #1635559, 1.35%

Access Group Inc 2013-1

  2/25/2036      914,993     903,907  

Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-2

  4/15/2019      1,400,000     1,397,864  

Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-SN2

  9/20/2017      1,400,000     1,396,703  

American Express Crdt Acct Mstr Trst AMXCA 2014-3 A 3.0-YR

  4/15/2020      1,400,000     1,401,270  

American Express Credit Corp

  6/12/2015      400,000     401,638  

American Express Credit Corp

  9/22/2017      250,000     250,489  

American Honda Finance Corp

  12/11/2017      710,000     713,027  

AmeriCredit Auto Receivables T

  1/8/2019      1,400,000     1,396,685  

AmeriCredit Auto Receivables Trust AMCAR 2014-4 A3 2.2-YR

  7/8/2019      1,400,000     1,394,466  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-2

  2/8/2019      1,400,000     1,394,478  

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC

  1/15/2015      300,000     300,533  

Apple Inc

  5/6/2019      930,000     940,557  

Arizona School Facilities Board

  7/1/2017      735,000     733,207  

 

19 (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue

   Maturity      Cost**    Par value or
number of
units
     Current value  

AT&T Inc

     2/15/2017            800,000      $ 801,635  

BA Credit Card Trust

     1/15/2020            1,400,000        1,399,748  

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-2

     5/10/2045            250,049        250,809  

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-4

     2/10/2051            1,398,373        1,525,074  

Bank of America Corp

     4/1/2019            530,000        533,888  

Bank of America Corp

     8/1/2016            500,000        538,663  

Bank of America NA

     11/14/2016            700,000        697,476  

Bank of Montreal

     1/30/2017            1,500,000        1,525,332  

Bank of Nova Scotia/The

     7/15/2016            790,000        795,284  

Bank of Nova Scotia/The

     3/22/2017            725,000        732,445  

Barclays Bank PLC

     5/10/2017            200,000        204,043  

Bayer US Finance LLC

     10/6/2017            430,000        430,276  

BB&T Corp

     3/22/2017            600,000        608,659  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-PWR12

     9/11/2038            977,619        1,026,118  

Becton Dickinson and Co

     12/15/2017            530,000        531,955  

BNP Paribas SA

     3/17/2017            930,000        927,387  

BP Capital Markets PLC

     5/10/2018            800,000        785,799  

Brazos Higher Education Authority

     7/25/2029            1,103,071        1,111,550  

Caisse Centrale Desjardins

     3/6/2017            1,600,000        1,614,638  

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

     2/21/2017            1,000,000        1,000,425  

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

     12/20/2017            1,500,000        1,500,014  

Capital One Multi-Asset Execut

     1/15/2020            1,400,000        1,398,293  

CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-2

     1/15/2019            1,100,000        1,096,659  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp

     8/18/2017            270,000        268,887  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp

     8/1/2016            380,000        387,292  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp

     12/1/2019            230,000        230,252  

Chase Issuance Trust

     1/15/2019            1,100,000        1,099,460  

Chase Issuance Trust

     11/15/2019            570,000        567,735  

Chevron Corp

     11/15/2017            280,000        279,674  

Chevron Corp

     6/24/2016            330,000        330,698  

Chevron Corp

     11/15/2017            370,000        370,300  

Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Tr

     9/15/2017            1,400,000        1,401,471  

Cisco Systems Inc

     3/3/2017            360,000        360,152  

CIT Equipment Collateral 2014-VT1

     10/21/2019            1,000,000        997,112  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

     4/9/2020            1,400,000        1,401,999  

Citigroup Inc

     11/24/2017            450,000        449,483  

Citigroup Inc

     7/29/2019            1,000,000        1,000,803  

City of Columbus OH

     2/15/2015            1,195,000        1,195,394  

City of Dallas TX

     2/15/2017            775,000        783,525  

City of Oklahoma City OK

     3/1/2018            790,000        801,621  

CNH Equipment Trust 2014-B

     5/15/2019            1,500,000        1,495,658  

CNH Equipment Trust 2014-C

     5/15/2018            1,400,000        1,392,747  

COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust

     10/15/2045            596,253        594,472  

COMM 2013-LC6 A1

     1/10/2046            809,341        805,105  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     12/11/2018            950,000        948,163  

Commonwealth Edison Co

     4/15/2015            700,000        707,924  

Cooper US Inc

     1/15/2016            500,000        507,507  

Cooperatieve Centrale Rabobank Nederland

     10/13/2015            1,200,000        1,214,404  

County of King WA

     12/1/2016            345,000        357,185  

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C1

     2/15/2039            1,050,000        1,080,261  

Credit Suisse/New York NY

     5/26/2017            250,000        249,264  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

     1/11/2016            450,000        451,224  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

     9/15/2016            350,000        358,553  

Dayton Metro Library

     12/1/2017            600,000        594,060  

Denton Independent School District

     8/15/2016            635,000        646,278  

Des Moines Area Community College

     6/1/2016            340,000        345,103  

Discover Card Execution Note Trus

     4/15/2020            1,700,000        1,696,450  

DNB Boligkreditt AS

     3/21/2018            950,000        945,808  

Ecolab Inc

     2/15/2015            924,000        928,375  

EdLinc Student Loan Funding Trust 2012-1

     9/25/2030            858,710        868,438  

Edsouth Indenture No 4 LLC

     2/26/2029            844,393        844,003  

EFS Volunteer No 2 LLC

     7/26/2027            851,420        855,572  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co

     1/15/2016            1,500,000        1,519,415  

Export Leasing 2009 LLC

     8/28/2021            1,140,274        1,139,246  

Extended Stay America Trust 2013-ESH

     12/5/2031            1,200,000        1,194,878  

Extended Stay America Trust 2013-ESH

     12/5/2031            1,200,000        1,190,520  

Fannie Mae Pool

     11/1/2022            1,582,793        1,608,935  

Fannie Mae Pool

     7/1/2034            260,159        280,041  

Fannie Mae Pool

     8/1/2044            1,308,206        1,343,163  

Fannie Mae Pool

     10/1/2024            1,357,489        1,396,068  

 

  20    (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue

   Maturity      Cost**    Par value or
number of
units
     Current value  

Fannie Mae Pool

     7/1/2023            1,900,255      $ 1,954,775  

Fannie Mae Pool

     11/1/2024            2,738,809        2,816,783  

Fannie Mae Pool

     1/1/2023            3,285,378        3,379,668  

Fannie Mae Pool

     9/1/2022            750,173        771,727  

Fannie Mae Pool

     5/1/2044            1,230,665        1,267,668  

Fannie Mae Pool

     4/1/2044            2,193,376        2,263,001  

Fannie Mae Pool

     5/1/2044            1,254,017        1,293,077  

Fannie Mae Pool

     7/1/2044            1,278,127        1,320,243  

Fannie Mae Pool

     9/1/2018            2,488,743        2,582,165  

Fannie Mae Pool

     11/1/2038            1,671,129        1,882,411  

Fannie Mae Pool

     1/1/2037            112,059        119,226  

Fannie Mae Pool

     8/1/2037            1,115,811        1,198,514  

Fannie Mae REMIC Trust 2004-W3

     5/25/2034            787,174        857,191  

Fannie Mae REMICS

     10/25/2040            1,175,249        1,163,500  

Fannie Mae REMICS

     1/25/2027            1,162,213        1,190,057  

Fannie Mae REMICS

     3/25/2030            1,301,855        1,333,944  

Fannie Mae REMICS

     5/25/2038            1,315,421        1,335,643  

Fannie Mae-Aces

     5/25/2018            2,774,478        2,774,736  

Fannie Mae-Aces

     1/25/2017            3,360,553        3,362,260  

Fannie Mae-Aces

     11/25/2015            3,347,855        3,353,878  

Fannie Mae-Aces

     11/25/2016            3,830,482        3,839,993  

Fannie Mae-Aces

     2/25/2016            759,557        762,073  

Federal National Mortgage Association

     9/27/2017            1,700,000        1,696,576  

Fifth Third Auto Trust 2013-A

     9/15/2017            600,000        599,995  

Fifth Third Auto Trust 2014-2

     11/15/2018            1,000,000        997,652  

FN 5/1 2.45 Hybrid FWD January 2015

     1/1/2045            1,400,000        1,432,340  

FNA 2012 - M14 ASQ2

     2/25/2017            1,168,018        1,170,533  

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-A

     4/17/2017            1,500,000        1,498,638  

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-B

     9/15/2017            1,900,000        1,897,243  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2013-D

     4/15/2018            1,000,000        998,699  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-A

     5/15/2018            1,300,000        1,298,996  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-C

     5/15/2019            1,400,000        1,395,957  

Freddie Mac Gold Pool

     10/1/2027            695,084        714,360  

Freddie Mac Gold Pool

     7/1/2026            489,810        524,440  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     1/1/2043            682,408        702,145  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     10/1/2035            380,656        408,258  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     8/1/2044            1,320,445        1,351,890  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     8/1/2044            1,301,815        1,333,359  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     10/1/2043            1,098,280        1,127,086  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     7/1/2044            1,341,525        1,378,866  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     11/1/2043            959,671        986,238  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     5/1/2044            927,282        958,756  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     6/1/2044            1,475,029        1,525,990  

Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool

     5/1/2041            1,029,731        1,103,789  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     3/15/2040            1,082,722        1,068,168  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     6/15/2041            1,978,668        1,922,850  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     12/15/2040            870,219        882,995  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     3/15/2026            1,088,257        1,115,816  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     10/15/2027            1,136,497        1,169,857  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     9/15/2028            1,757,336        1,836,216  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     4/15/2040            932,737        956,118  

Freddie Mac REMICS

     3/15/2028            1,437,713        1,481,949  

GE Equipment Small Ticket LLC Series 2014-1

     9/25/2017            1,100,000        1,097,953  

GE Equipment Transportation LLC Series 2014-1

     4/23/2018            1,700,000        1,698,706  

General Electric Capital Corp

     7/12/2016            500,000        503,407  

General Electric Capital Corp

     1/9/2017            500,000        517,415  

General Mills Inc

     3/17/2015            650,000        656,101  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     3/20/2058            849,353        857,837  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     6/20/2058            1,726,754        1,765,938  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     10/20/2039            444,299        469,459  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     11/20/2039            483,530        512,772  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     9/20/2060            1,347,246        1,457,771  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     5/20/2059            1,100,116        1,152,629  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     4/20/2060            1,117,604        1,219,690  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     12/20/2059            1,017,238        1,093,680  

Ginnie Mae II pool

     9/20/2059            1,138,096        1,207,788  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The

     1/22/2018            800,000        808,079  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp II

     2/10/2046            549,115        547,027  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-GG8

     11/10/2039            1,022,726        1,082,724  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ7

     5/10/2045            430,054        431,349  

 

  21    (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue

   Maturity      Cost**    Par value or
number of
units
     Current value  

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2013-1

     7/15/2016            940,779      $ 940,809  

Hays Consolidated Independent School District

     8/15/2016            600,000        626,628  

Hilton USA Trust 2013-HLF

     11/5/2030            1,226,904        1,226,967  

HSBC Bank PLC

     5/15/2018            600,000        593,458  

HSBC USA Inc

     1/16/2018            450,000        448,267  

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-C

     2/15/2018            1,000,000        1,002,875  

Indiana University

     8/1/2016            600,000        598,848  

Jackson County School District No 6 Central Point

     6/15/2017            500,000        495,865  

John Deere Owner Trust 2014-A

     4/16/2018            1,200,000        1,199,450  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp

     12/15/2047            410,883        410,814  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-LDP7

     4/15/2045            1,000,000        1,044,170  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP10

     1/15/2049            1,062,313        1,135,415  

JPMorgan Chase & Co, 2.2%, $380,000 par, due 10/22/2019

     10/22/2019            380,000        376,723  

JPMorgan Chase & Co, 3.45%, $1,000,000 par, due 3/1/2016

     3/1/2016            1,000,000        1,026,403  

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp

     6/1/2026            888,421        886,058  

KeyBank NA/Cleveland OH

     12/15/2019            250,000        251,024  

Kimco Realty Corp

     2/1/2018            500,000        535,324  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C1

     2/15/2031            1,049,975        1,075,354  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C6

     9/15/2039            1,175,000        1,242,121  

Liberty Property LP

     10/1/2017            750,000        840,446  

M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust 2013-1

     11/15/2017            1,000,000        1,003,117  

Marathon Oil Corp

     3/15/2018            735,000        816,949  

MassMutual Global Funding II

     9/28/2015            1,476,000        1,496,106  

Medtronic Inc

     3/15/2020            290,000        290,761  

Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd

     1/15/2019            1,399,500        1,397,237  

Missouri Higher Ed Loan Authority

     1/26/2026            759,043        762,344  

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority

     8/27/2029            810,063        814,576  

Morgan Stanley BAML Trust

     2/15/2046            854,178        854,772  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-C6

     11/15/2045            646,371        642,758  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-HQ9

     7/12/2044            1,149,817        1,215,937  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ12

     12/15/2043            1,241,085        1,310,417  

Morgan Stanley

     1/5/2018            560,000        557,950  

Mortgage-Linked Amortizing Notes

     1/15/2022            316,993        323,035  

National Australia Bank Ltd

     6/20/2017            1,125,000        1,141,757  

NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust 2010-C1

     10/29/2020            1,054,305        1,056,061  

NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust 2010-R2

     11/6/2017            806,878        809,109  

Nevada Power Co

     8/1/2018            805,000        932,710  

New York Life Global Funding

     1/2/2019            400,000        401,432  

New York State Dormitory Authority

     2/15/2016            550,000        551,958  

Norfolk Southern Corp

     4/1/2018            700,000        785,557  

North Orange County Community College District/CA

     8/1/2016            500,000        498,985  

Northstar Education Finance Inc

     12/26/2031            880,847        884,580  

Oracle Corp

     7/7/2017            500,000        499,501  

Oracle Corp

     10/15/2017            440,000        438,434  

Oracle Corp

     1/15/2019            160,000        162,769  

Pennsylvania Higher Ed Assistance

     4/25/2030            647,540        648,957  

Plano Independent School District

     2/15/2017            700,000        731,479  

PNC Bank NA

     10/18/2017            940,000        938,945  

Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust 2012-1

     12/21/2015            90,019        90,015  

Procter & Gamble Co/The

     2/15/2015            800,000        802,915  

Ridgewood Board of Education

     10/1/2015            500,000        501,035  

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc

     6/1/2015            500,000        508,797  

Royal Bank of Canada

     10/30/2015            415,000        416,006  

Royal Bank of Canada

     9/19/2017            550,000        546,860  

Royal Bank of Canada

     7/20/2016            800,000        816,432  

Schlumberger Investment SA

     9/14/2016            530,000        539,645  

South Carolina Student Loan Corp

     8/25/2034            926,189        917,242  

Southern California Edison Co

     1/15/2016            670,000        699,700  

St Charles School District

     3/1/2018            800,000        860,816  

State of Arkansas

     7/1/2016            915,000        911,898  

State of New York

     3/1/2018            440,000        468,684  

State of Ohio

     5/1/2017            475,000        495,088  

State of Oregon

     8/1/2018            625,000        621,938  

State of Wisconsin

     5/1/2016            250,000        250,628  

State of Wisconsin

     5/1/2018            750,000        831,015  

Statoil ASA

     11/9/2017            630,000        626,162  

Sun Prairie Area School District/WI

     3/1/2016            450,000        449,303  

Sysco Corp

     10/2/2017            320,000        319,648  

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The

     11/5/2019            690,000        691,372  

Total Capital International SA

     6/28/2017            1,300,000        1,304,434  

 

  22    (Continued)


RAI 401K SAVINGS PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue

   Maturity      Cost**    Par value or
number of
units
     Current value  

Township of Dundee IL

     12/1/2015            1,000,000      $ 1,001,480  

Toyota Auto Receivables 2013-B Owner Trust

     7/17/2017            1,000,000        1,001,874  

Toyota Auto Receivables 2014-A Owner Trust

     12/15/2017            1,400,000        1,398,466  

UBS AG/London

     3/30/2017            1,125,000        1,150,216  

Ukraine Government AID Bonds

     5/16/2019            500,000        503,375  

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

     4/15/2019            5,411,000        5,422,512  

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

     4/15/2018            77,000        78,793  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     2/29/2016            23,150,000        23,121,063  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     3/15/2016            5,275,000        5,275,411  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     9/30/2017            3,000,000        2,967,891  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     6/15/2017            2,850,000        2,848,441  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     7/15/2017            5,725,000        5,718,290  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     9/30/2016            3,700,000        3,727,173  

United States Treasury Note/Bond

     11/30/2019            2,875,000        2,856,807  

University of Michigan

     4/1/2017            520,000        534,758  

US Bank NA/Cincinnati OH

     9/11/2017            650,000        650,397  

Verizon Communications Inc

     9/15/2016            384,000        392,515  

Vermont Student Assistance Corp

     4/30/2035            986,932        989,271  

Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2014-A

     4/20/2017            1,000,000        996,810  

Walt Disney Co/The

     9/15/2016            1,700,000        1,837,635  

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2013-A

     4/16/2018            1,450,000        1,449,085  

Wells Fargo Short Term Investment Fund S

           3,990,321        3,990,321  
           

 

 

 
  286,091,734  
           

 

 

 

Total synthetic investment contracts

  350,842,194  

Other

  904     3,354  
           

 

 

 

Total investments

  1,676,097,235  

* Notes receivable from participants (1,415 loans with interest rates ranging from 4.25% to 9.25% and maturity dates ranging from 1/1/2015 – 12/16/2029).

  13,244,022  
           

 

 

 

Total assets

$ 1,689,341,257  
           

 

 

 

 

* Denotes a party-in-interest.
** Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and therefore, is not included.

See accompanying independent auditors’ report.

 

23



Exhibit 99.2

PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2014 and 2013

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)


PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Table of Contents

 

     Page(s)  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

     2   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4–12   

Supplemental Schedule – Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014

     13   

 

Note: Supplemental schedules, other than the one listed above, are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required by Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosures under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

RAI Employee Benefits Committee of Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s 2014 financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014 is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2014 financial statements as a whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

June 19, 2015


PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     2014     2013  

Assets:

    

Investments, at fair value:

    

Mutual funds:

    

Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund

   $ 1,685,150     $ 1,568,111  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund

     321,530       264,773  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund

     468,935       472,927  

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund

     189,701       232,863  

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

     1,219,851       1,618,938  

Common/collective trust fund:

    

Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust

     1,551,881       1,612,122  

RAI Common Stock Fund

     936,422       224,953  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

  6,373,470     5,994,687  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash

  11     2,316  

Receivables:

Employer contribution

  10,703     12,131  

Dividends receivable

  8,025     2,653  

Notes receivable from participants

  151,719     126,280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables

  170,447     141,064  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  6,543,928     6,138,067  

Liabilities:

Accrued administrative expenses

  37,495     34,757  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits before adjustment for fully benefit-responsive investments

  6,506,433     6,103,310  

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investments

  (46,220 )   (43,709 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

$ 6,460,213   $ 6,059,601  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     2014      2013  

Additions:

     

Investment income:

     

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $ 291,634      $ 707,564  

Interest and dividend income

     179,512        129,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

  471,146     837,463  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

  5,960     5,960  

Contributions:

Employer contributions

  299,126     290,362  

Participant contributions

  249,028     231,555  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total contributions

  548,154     521,917  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total additions

  1,025,260     1,365,340  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deductions:

Benefits paid to participants

  521,830     817,141  

Administrative expenses

  102,818     78,879  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deductions

  624,648     896,020  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits

  400,612     469,320  

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year

  6,059,601     5,590,281  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits at end of year

$ 6,460,213   $ 6,059,601  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(1) Plan Description

The following brief description of Puerto Rico Savings & Investment Plan, referred to as the Plan, is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information.

 

  (a) General

The Plan is a voluntary defined contribution retirement plan covering all regular, full-time employees, and nonregular employees, as defined in the Plan document, of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (CI), Co., a Cayman Islands corporation, referred to as the Company, in Puerto Rico. Reynolds American Inc., referred to as RAI, is the Plan Sponsor. The RAI Employee Benefits Committee, referred to as the Committee, controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico serves as the trustee and Fidelity Employer Services Company, LLC, referred to as Fidelity Investments, serves as the recordkeeper for the Plan.

The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to as ERISA.

 

  (b) Contributions

Each year, participants may make basic contributions of up to 6% of pre-tax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan document. In addition, participants may make supplemental contributions on a pre-tax or after-tax basis of up to 16% of compensation, including the basic contribution. The Company or participating subsidiaries contribute an amount equal to 50% of basic contributions made by participants who are accruing a benefit under a defined benefit plan sponsored by RAI, and 100% of basic contributions made by participants who are not accruing a benefit under a defined benefit plan sponsored by RAI. In addition, the Company or participating subsidiaries make Retirement Enhancement Contributions to accounts of eligible participants equal to 3% to 9% of such participants’ eligible compensation, depending on the eligible participant’s hire date, age and years of service as of January 1, 2006. Contributions are subject to certain Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code limitations.

 

  (c) Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and allocations of the Company’s contributions and Plan earnings, and charged with the participant’s withdrawals, Plan losses and an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant contributions, account balances, or compensation, as defined in the Plan document. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

  (d) Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in Company contributions occurs upon the earlier of completion of 24 months of Plan participation, 36 months of service with the Company or affiliated companies, age 65, or upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the Plan document.

 

  (e) Investment Options

Plan investments are participant directed. Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct contributions in 1% increments to any of seven investment fund options. Participants may change or transfer their investment options at any time via telephone or a secure internet website.

 

  (f) Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of the lesser of 50% of their vested account balance reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance during the preceding 12 months, or $50,000 and limited by certain restrictions in the Plan document. Loan terms shall not be for more than five years, except for the purchase of a primary residence, which shall not exceed fifteen years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with local prevailing rates as determined by the Plan administrator. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions. Participants may continue to make loan repayments via electronic funds transfer in order to prevent a default following termination of employment.

 

  (g) Payment of Benefits

Upon termination of service, a participant is entitled to receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account, or monthly installments calculated annually over a period not to exceed the lesser of 15 years or the participant’s life expectancy.

 

  (h) Expenses

Expenses relating to the purchase or sale of investments are included in the cost or deducted from the proceeds, respectively. Direct charges and expenses, including investment manager fees attributable to specific investment funds, may be charged against that investment fund. Administrative expenses such as trustee, auditor, and general plan recordkeeping fees may be paid directly from the Plan and are allocated to participant accounts.

 

  (i) Forfeitures

Forfeitures are used to reduce future employer contributions. Certain forfeitures may be restored if the participant is reemployed before accruing five consecutive break-in-service years, as defined in the Plan document. During 2014 and 2013, forfeitures were not used. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $2,876 and $81, respectively.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

  (a) Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

  (b) Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments are reported at fair value. See note 6 for discussion of fair value measurement.

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The statement of net assets available for benefits presents the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments purchased and sold as well as held during the year.

 

  (c) Valuation of Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants are valued at amortized cost plus accrued interest.

 

  (d) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

  (e) Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan utilizes various investment instruments. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. The funds held by the Plan invest in securities with contractual cash flows, such as asset backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and commercial mortgage backed securities, including securities backed by subprime mortgage loans. The value, liquidity and related income of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including real estate value, delinquencies or defaults, or both, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perceptions of the issuers and changes in interest rates. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and schedule.

 

  (f) Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(3) Investments

The following table presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. Except for Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust, which is shown at contract value, all the funds are shown at fair value.

 

     December 31  
     2014      2013  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund, 91,386 and 86,876 shares, respectively

   $ 1,685,150      $ 1,568,111  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund, 19,474 and 20,464 shares, respectively

     468,935        472,927  

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, 26,071 and 38,255 shares, respectively

     1,219,851        1,618,938  

Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust, 1,505,661 and 1,568,413 shares, respectively (Fair Value of $1,551,881 and $1,612,122 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)

     1,505,661        1,568,413  

RAI Common Stock Fund, 14,563 and 4,490 shares, respectively

     936,422        224,953  

The Plan’s investments, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, and those held during the period, appreciated in value as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31  
     2014      2013  

Mutual funds

   $ 212,373      $ 663,499  

RAI Common Stock Fund

     79,261        44,065  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

$ 291,634   $ 707,564  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(4) Related Party Transactions

The RAI Common Stock Fund is provided as an investment option for participants in the Plan. As RAI is the Plan Sponsor, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. See note 3 for a description of the net appreciation in value of the RAI Common Stock Fund included in Plan assets. RAI Common Stock Fund dividends for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $15,906 and $12,010, respectively. The RAI common stock shares held in the fund as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 were 14,563 valued at $64.27 per share and 4,490 valued at $49.99 per share, respectively.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(5) Collective Trust with Asset Management Company

The Plan is party to a benefit-responsive collective trust with Vanguard. Vanguard maintains the contributions in a general account. The account is credited with earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. The collective trust issuer is contractually obligated to repay the principal and a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan.

The collective trust is included in the financial statements at fair value and adjusted to contract value as reported to the Plan by Vanguard. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value.

There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The average yield was approximately 2.30% and 1.98% for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The contract rates ranged from 0.71% to 1.69% and 0.85% to 4.75% at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The crediting interest rate is based on a formula agreed upon with the issuer but may not be less than certain percentages.

Certain events limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer. Such events include the following: (i) amendments to the Plan documents (including complete or partial Plan terminations or merger with another plan), (ii) changes to Plan’s prohibition on competing investment options or deletion of equity wash provisions, (iii) bankruptcy of the Plan Sponsor or other Plan Sponsor events (e.g. divestitures or spin-offs of a subsidiary) which cause a significant withdrawal from the Plan, or (iv) the failure of the trust to qualify for exemption from federal income taxes or any required prohibited transaction exemptions under ERISA. The Plan administrator does not believe that the occurrence of any such event, which would limit the Plan’s ability to transact at contract value with participants, has occurred or is probable of occurring.

 

(6) Fair Value Measurement

The fair value of assets and liabilities is determined by using a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity, and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, essentially an exit price.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices, unadjusted, in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

Level 2: Inputs are other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. A Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3: Inputs are unobservable and reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds:

           

Growth funds

   $ 2,475,615       $ —         $ —         $ 2,475,615   

Index funds

     1,409,552         —           —           1,409,552   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total mutual funds

  3,885,167      —        —        3,885,167   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common/collective trust fund

  —        1,551,881      —        1,551,881   

RAI Common Stock Fund:

RAI Common Stock

  935,934      —        —        935,934   

Fidelity Money Market Fund

  488      —        —        488   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total RAI Common Stock Fund

  936,422      —        —        936,422   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

$ 4,821,589    $ 1,551,881    $ —      $ 6,373,470   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Assets at fair value as of December 31, 2013  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Mutual funds:

           

Growth funds

   $ 2,305,811      $ —        $ —        $ 2,305,811  

Index funds

     1,851,801        —          —          1,851,801  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total mutual funds

  4,157,612     —       —       4,157,612  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common/collective trust fund

  —       1,612,122     —       1,612,122  

RAI Common Stock Fund:

RAI Common Stock

  224,457     —       —       224,457  

Fidelity Money Market Fund

  496     —       —       496  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total RAI Common Stock Fund

  224,953     —       —       224,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

$ 4,382,565   $ 1,612,122   $ —     $ 5,994,687  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value:

Mutual funds are valued based on the quoted market prices of shares held by the Plan at year end.

Investments in common/collective trust are stated at fair value on the statement of net assets available for benefits with an adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive collective trusts. The valuation at year end is based on audited financial statements of the common collective trust, and are valued using the net asset value, referred to as NAV, provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, less its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active. The Plan has the ability to redeem its investments in the funds at NAV at the valuation date. There are no significant restrictions, redemptions terms, or holding periods which would limit the Plan or the participants to transact at NAV.

Investments in the RAI Common Stock Fund consist of shares of Reynolds American Inc. common stock and monies held in a Fidelity money market fund both of which are valued based on the quoted market price of shares trading in active markets held by the Plan at year end. When participants exchange into or out of this stock fund, the transaction is processed on a real-time basis. Trades in the real-time trading environment settle in three business days. Other purchase and sale requests, such as contributions or distributions, are aggregated and typically sent to market on the following business day. These transactions, which may take multiple days to complete, are valued based on the volume-weighted average trade price.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no transfers of assets into or out of Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy described above.

 

(7) Income Tax Status

The Plan’s latest determination letter issued by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department is dated October 5, 2004. The Plan has been amended since receiving this determination letter. The Plan is intended to comply with Section 1081.01 of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 2011, referred to as the PR Code. The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the PR Code to maintain its qualified status. The United States qualification of the Plan was dropped, effective with the 1995 plan year. The Committee is not aware of any course of action or series of events that have occurred that might adversely affect the Plan’s qualified status. The Committee believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the PR Code, and the Plan and related trust continue to be tax-exempt. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2014, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2011.

On October 1, 2012, the Committee authorized amendments to the Plan to incorporate changes intended to comply with the requirements of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 2011, effective January 1, 2011.

An application for an updated determination letter was made to the Puerto Rico Treasury Department on April 4, 2014.

 

(8) Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Committee has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of the Plan’s termination, participants will become 100% vested in their employer contributions and earnings thereon.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

(9) Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     December 31  
     2014      2013  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 6,460,213      $ 6,059,601  

Adjustment to increase contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     46,220        43,709  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

$ 6,506,433   $ 6,103,310  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of investment income per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     2014      2013  

Total investment income per the financial statements

   $ 471,146      $ 837,463  

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     46,220        43,709  

Reversal of prior year adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (43,709 )      (71,568 )
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income per the Form 5500

$ 473,657   $ 809,604  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(10) Subsequent Events

Plan management has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through the date at which the financial statements were issued, and determined there are no other items to disclose.

 

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PUERTO RICO SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN

Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2014

 

Identity of issue, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment, including
maturity date, rate of interest,
collateral, par or maturity value

   Number of
shares
or units
     Cost     Current
value
 

Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund

  

Mutual Fund

     91,386          **    $ 1,685,150  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund

  

Mutual Fund

     11,160          **      321,530  

Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund

  

Mutual Fund

     19,474          **      468,935  

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund

  

Mutual Fund

     12,199          **      189,701  

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

  

Mutual Fund

     26,071          **      1,219,851  

Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust

  

Common/Collective Trust Fund

     1,505,661          **      1,551,881  

* RAI Common Stock Fund-RAI Common Stock

  

Equity

     14,563          **      935,934  

* RAI Common Stock Fund-Fidelity Money Market Fund

  

Money Market Fund

     488          **      488  
          

 

 

 

Total investments

  6,373,470  

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Time Deposit Open Account

  —       —       11  

* Notes Receivable from Participants

Participant loans, 30 loans with interest rate at 4.25% and maturity dates ranging from January 5, 2015 to December 9, 2019.

  —       —       151,719  
          

 

 

 

Total assets

$ 6,525,200  
          

 

 

 

 

* Denotes a party-in-interest.
** Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included.

See accompanying independent auditors’ report.

 

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