UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 24, 2016

 

 

Reynolds American Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina   1-32258   20-0546644

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

401 North Main Street,

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 336-741-2000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the executive changes previously announced in September 2015, Jeffery S. Gentry, Executive Vice President of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, referred to as RJR Tobacco, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., indicated that he planned to retire in the first half of 2016. On March 24, 2016, Dr. Gentry provided written notice to RJR Tobacco of his intent to retire on April 30, 2016.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC.
By:  

    /s/ McDara P. Folan, III

  Name:   McDara P. Folan, III
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

Date: March 24, 2016

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