BATUS Inc.

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BATUS Inc. (Parent of Brown & Williamson): BATUS Inc. is a subsidiary of B.A.T. Industries P.L.C. It is the parent corporation of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville, KY.

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BATUS Inc. is a subsidiary of B.A.T. Industries P.L.C. It is the parent corporation of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville, KY. BATUS Inc. is a Wisconsin corporation (1994) (C. Francesconi Aff. 6/21/94). BATUS Inc. was incorporated in May of 1950 as Esco Beverage Corporation. BATUS Inc. assumed its current name in January of 1990 (C. Francesconi Aff. 6/21/94). BATUS Inc.'s principal office and place of business is in Louisville, KY (1994) (C. Francesconi Aff. 6/21/94). Before January 1990, BATUS Holdings Inc. was known as BATUS Inc. (C. Francesconi Aff. 6/21/94). BATUS Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal office and place of business in Louisville, KY (1994) (C. Francesconi Aff. 6/21/94). BATUS Inc. is a (Delaware) corporation with its principal place of business at 1500 Brown & Williamson Tower, Louisville, KY 40202 (D. B., complaint, 4/94). BATUS, Inc. is the authorizing agent for service of process for the Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 (D. B., complaint, 4/94). BATUS Inc. is the parent corporation of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (D. B., complaint 4/94). BATUS Inc. is an operating group under (subsidiary of?) "B.A.T. Industries P.L.C of London, 100% owned by BATI (1985) (R. G. Baker LT 2/4/85 & chart Brown & Williamson#680582458). Chairman of BATUS Inc. (1985): C. I. McCall (R. G. Baker LT 2/4/85 & chart Brown & Williamson#680582458). British American Tobacco (BATUS?) has a 1990 patent #4,945,929 for an alternative nicotine delivery system: Aerosol device simulating a smoking article, explicitly designed for dispensing nicotine (J. Slade statement 3/25/94 table 2). BATUS, Inc. acquired Farmers Group, Inc. in 1988 in a diversification plan initiated in the early 1970s. (BATUS 1988 annual report, Texas Bates No. 682234559)

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