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Violation Tracker Global: Individual Record

Company: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Current Parent Company: British American Tobacco
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Recap of Ownership Changes: Reynolds American was formed by the merger of R.J. Reynolds and the U.S. subsidiaries of British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco acquired Reynolds American in 2017.
Jurisdiction: United States
Region: North America
Penalty Currency: U.S. Dollar
Penalty Amount in Original Currency: 6,250,000
U.S. Dollar Equivalent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: $6,250,000
Year: 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Offense Category: product safety violation
Description: The country's two biggest tobacco companies agreed to improve public access to internal tobacco-industry documents and to pay $6.25 million into a court fund that will go to support the country's largest online collection of tobacco documents. The agreement was part of the landmark case against the country's largest cigarette companies.
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: tobacco
Specific Industry of Current Parent: tobacco
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Link to this record on U.S. Violation Tracker: here
VTG Record ID: VTG24-5844